Beyond Borders

YOUTH PRODUCERS FROM LISTEN UP! CAPTURE PEABODY AWARD FOR "BEYOND BORDERS: PERSONAL STORIES FROM A SMALL PLANET"

Broadcasting's highest honor, the George Foster Peabody Award , is going to Listen Up! and our network of youth producers around the world, for "Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet. The series introduced short documentaries that explore unique visions of what it`s like to grow up in different lands, under different social and economic conditions. Beyond Borders premiered on the Independent Film Channel throughout 2005-2006 as part of IFC's Shorts Showcase.

Through a groundbreaking distribution partnership, Listen Up! and IFC negotiated an exciting new venue for youth media from all across the world.

The "Beyond Borders" project includes youth production teams from House of Frame (New York, NY), iEARN Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone), Children's Voice (Ukraine), Polimorfo (Colombia), Evanston Township High School (Evanston, IL), Sawtona "Our Voice" (Jordan), Roses Theater (United Kingdom) La Camioneta (Guatemala), Daejeon Media (South Korea) Light House (Charlottesville, VA), and Spy Hop Productions (Salt Lake City, UT).

Listen Up! shares this high honor with our global youth media community; we are so proud to usher youth voice into a new frontier of excellence in Electronic Media.

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