Tribeca Film Institute and Media That Matters present TFI Youth Screening Series
Tribeca Film Institute and the Media That Matters Film Festival presents the TFI Youth Screening Series
Arts Engine and Tribeca Film Institute partner for the second season of the yearlong TFI Youth Screening Series. The first screening started in September 2007, kicking off with Arts Engine/Big Mouth Films production, Arctic Son.
The series will run through May 2008. On a monthly basis a Media That Matters Film Festival short will be paired with a feature curated by Tribeca Film Institute. This will be presented to young people and educators in and around New York City. The educators will receive a screening package with the short film and accompanying Discussion and Take Action Guides to use in their classrooms.
All feature-length films will screen at Tribeca Cinemas (unless otherwise noted)
54 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013
@ Laight Street, one block below Canal Street.
For more information, visit:
www.tribecafilminstitute.org.
To book seats, please email youth@tribecafilminstitute.org
About the Films
Media That Matters Film Battleground Minnesota will accompany Arts Engine/Big Mouth Films' Election Day on January 29th at 12:30pm.
Battleground Minnesota is about Hip-hop activist Shakademic who proves that if Walter Mondale can learn how to scratch, young voters can get schooled in election politics.
Election Day is a dramatic, character-driven verite documentary that follows fourteen characters across the United States on November 2, 2004, as they struggle to play their part in democracy.
Media that Matters Film The Sixth Section will accompany La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon) on March 3rd at 12:30pm.
The Sixth Section is about how during the cold winters of upstate New York, a group of immigrants worked together to give back to their hometown of Boqueron, Mexico. The film portrays real stories being lived by today’s immigrants—stories that don’t fit into the confines of today’s immigration debate.
Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite.
Media that Matters Film The Children of Birmingham will accompany Revolution 67' on March 12th at 12:30pm.
The Children of Birmingham is about Baltimore youth telling the story of their 1960s counterparts who fought for civil rights. This animated piece celebrates the powerful role young people had in changing the laws of segregation in Birmingham, Alabama.
Revolution 67' is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history — the black urban rebellions of the 1960s.
More about TFI Youth Screening Series
The TFI Youth Screening Series is a yearlong presentation of films that serves NYC youth and educators with access to free, relevant programming. The aim of the program is to spark debate and galvanize awareness and action in young people around the issues that are affecting them. Each screening is followed by a discussion, a workshop or a Q&A session with the filmmakers to help make the viewing experience richer and more engaging for students
Study Guides: Each film will be accompanied by a study guide that will contextualize the issues raised in the film, allowing the discussion to be taken beyond the theater and into classroom and community group settings.
Teacher Trainings: Tribeca Film Institute will also hold periodic teacher trainings where filmmakers and educators will discuss the methods of bringing media into the classroom.
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