Reel Works is seeking filmmaker-mentors to volunteer for our Fall 2008 & Spring 2009 Lab workshops. And we welcome any recommendations of qualified filmmakers who you believe would love to mentor a teen. (Check out our website - www.reelworks.org for more information about the $500 stipend offered to all volunteers).

Filmmakers: Imagine if a professional director or producer helped you make your first film? How would that have impacted your life and career?

The Lab is the only youth media program that matches each teen participant with a professional filmmaker who mentors him/her through the challenges of producing a short film.

"Mentoring is an important and necessary reminder for those of us in the business of how powerful pure expression, unmitigated by sales and the bottom line, can be," says filmmaker Shola Lynch (Chisolm '72: Unbought & Unbossed). "These teens are making films for all the right reasons: they have something to say. As a mentor it was invigorating to both cheer and challenge my mentee as she worked her idea into a poignant documentary short. Having her complete the work was the greatest satisfaction and a proud moment. Watching Kiri and "A Girl Like Me" make such an impact out in the world is just a great big bonus."
Reel Works needs talented, experienced and committed filmmakers to volunteer as mentors.

To learn more, call Mari Irizarry, Program Director, at (718) 768-9000 Ext. 221.

For more information and to apply to be a mentor visit: http://www.reelworks.org/mentor.php

ABOUT REEL WORKS :

Reel Works Teen Filmmaking is a Brooklyn based community arts organization that provides free after school filmmaking workshops for NYC teens. Our unique programs match professional filmmaker-mentors with teens to produce outstanding short documentaries with powerful peer-to-peer messages. Since 2001, our students have earned countless awards nationwide, including five Student Emmys. Our films have been broadcast on HBO Family, PBS, The Dish Network and web-cast on AOL, HBO and partner websites, reaching two million viewers since 2005.

We say to teens: You have a voice! Use it!

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MARI IRIZARRY
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
REEL WORKS TEEN FILMMAKING
c/o Center for the Urban Environment
168 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
P: 718.768.9000 x.221 | F: 718.210.1354
www.reelworks.org
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REEL WORKS TEEN FILMMAKING. MAKE A FILM. WORK WITH A PRO. TELL YOUR STORY.

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