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Fourth Annual Festival

Dedicated to My Family

03:51 min
Personal Documentary
Director: Nicole Sobottke
Producer: Reel Grrls at 911 Media Arts Center

Winner of the Family and Society Award

FILMMAKER BIOS

Reel Grrls, Producer

Reel Grrls is a special program of 911 Media Arts Center in partnership with Seattle’s Metrocenter YMCA and KCTS - The Public Network. By teaching teenage girls how to be critical television watchers and then producers of their own media, Reel Grrls gives them a voice in an arena where they are heavily targeted as consumers but where their artistic expression is seldom heard or seen. Reel Grrls is open to any girl age 14-18 who wants to produce a high quality video that will make a positive impact on other teenage girls. Girls get the chance to work with professional filmmakers in Seattle and nineteen other girls to create a video that represents issues that the GIRLS CARE ABOUT. Girls are asked to express their concerns, thoughts, and values through the medium of film. They learn how to write a script, create a storyboard, operate a digital camera, design lighting, use a recording studio, develop clay and clip art animation, and learn to edit on Final Cut Pro. By the end of the four months together, a Reel Grrls video is completed, a powerful collection of images and statements that represent a REAL image of teenage girls, http://www.reelgrrls.org.

911 Media Arts Center, Producer

911 Media Arts Center was incorporated in 1984 and is considered Washington State’s premier Media Arts Center. Our mission is to support the expressive use of innovative media tools by providing the access, training and environment needed to create and exhibit works of enduring merit and artistic excellence. We believe everyone can and should have access to the tools of
communication. http://www.911media.org.