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Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards introduction by MTV's present Sway.

Adobe Youth Voices Lead Educator training in India

Iyuhna has never had a friendship that has lasted. As she tries to understand the reasons behind this, she learns a lot about herself and her family.

The Adobe Youth Voices Aspire Awards is an international juried media competition that recognizes projects that best illustrate the program’s ‘Create with Purpose’ philosophy. Winning submissions are original, high-quality youth-produced multimedia created to address critical issues and effect positive change.

This video explores two questions: How do adults see teenagers, and how do we as teenagers see ourselves?

The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators illustrate options and strategies for exhibition of youth media work.

The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators discuss how they use media as a means to develop critical thinking.

The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators share their experiences and suggestions for working with young people with unique challenges and offer suggestions.

The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators offer tips for facilitating youth expression in media work.

The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators describe techniques that help develop the best ideas and facilitate productive brainstorms.

The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators demonstrate what happens when youth are encouraged to be creative and collaborative.

The Adobe Foundation hosted the Adobe Youth Voices Summit 2011, “Media Beyond Borders”, a three-day immersive media event for over 60 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) in which youth create and collaborate on media projects exploring issues such as human rights, education and community. The summit took place August 2nd - Aug. 6th, 2011 at Santa Clara University and also brought together lead educators from around the world representing the core leadership of educators in the Adobe Youth Voices Network. Educators worked in teams to create short media clips to use in longer presentations on a range of topics meaningful to adult facilitators of youth media. In this clip educators explore approaches to human rights as a topic for youth media.

Using stop motion animation, youth artists show us the wonder and joy of the potential for a greener world.

Adobe Youth Voices program overview video.

The Adobe Foundation hosted in 2009 the first Adobe Youth Voices Summit, a three-day digital media immersion event for 100 specially selected international youth (ages 14-19) and educators, held at Stanford University. The summit, took place July 30 - Aug. 1, 2009, and brought together youth from undeserved communities around the world for creative workshops focused on all aspects of digital media, including film making, photography, animation and design. The first-of-its-kind summit was designed to empower youth to create media for social change and foster a deeper sense of social and civic engagement.

Follow Naomi as she explores the history of women getting the right to vote in Washington state one hundred years ago. Her journey includes interviews with historians, public officials, and some unexpected help from the Mayor of Seattle.

Two star-crossed lovers meet through a dream and embark on a quest to find each other and unite in reality.

The Weapon is a short video with music by Leadership by Assault. It is an informational video about children and teens dying because of gang violence.

A stop-motion animated film about the perils of biking without a helmet.

Participants in Youth Media Institute investigate notions of beauty and how their own ideas of beauty differ from the media's.

With encouragement, the filmmakers hope to bring awareness to parents of how to help their children prosper and grow.

We Wonder, We Create is a video made by a group of 4th and 5th graders at the South Shore School in Seattle. Using stop-motion animation, the students investigate the creative process from the spark of an idea all the way to an invention or artistic product.

This is a group project made by middle school girls at South Shore Middle school. The project uses a map as a device to talk about who they are and where they are from.

Shattered Dream is a short film to illustrate some of the extreme cases of parents who don't allow their children to follow their interests and the consequences that have followed.

This 5th grader wants to see an end to all the wars and fighting. South Shore - Animation

Having found, then lost, the love of his life, a man recovers by raising their child. He is then reunited with his love in heaven. Sealth-Animation

CISC - Animation

A meditation on time by a young woman struggling with cancer. Adobe Youth Live event- Seattle 2011

This poem describes hopes and challenges of a new immigrant student missing her family back in Ethoipia. Adobe Youth Live event- Seattle 2011

Viet's poem in motion. Adobe Youth Live event- Seattle 2011

This poem is about Keiu's country, land farms, and Vietnamese food. Adobe Youth Live event- Seattle 2011

This video is about making choices and choosing the right path.

This film uses first hand experiences by Everett Middle School students to explain the effects sexual harassment can have on girls and boys alike. Following these stories are tips that one can use to protect themselves from future situations where they might feel sexually harassed. It also goes on to explain some of the many ways sexual harassment can occur within a school’s campus, including cases involving teachers.

The video explains the current situation of the U.S. government having prisons as the main priority over education. It also explains the possible outcomes if the priority of the government doesn’t change.

"Choices" is a short drama as gay discrimination unravels around a school. The story follows three friends and their reactions and the choices they make when one of them is suspected to be gay. We follow the characters as they evolve and confront the situation.

This project will encourage teenagers to love and appreciate their mothers because of all the things they do. Through a combination of poetry and peer interviews, the video expresses thanks to my mom and all mothers, and acknowledges that even though teenagers can be hard to handle, we still love our mothers. While deeply personal, the project reaches to everyone who has a mother figure that they should appreciate and work to understand.

The Perfect Environment Party teaches us ways to have a party the greenest way possible. It offers tools and tips on how to use and reuse material that can work with just about any party. The best part is that these parties can be planned without the need to over consume or over spend ones money.

Our animation is about a guy who is having a bad day, and gets disrespected by others. In the end he remains strong, and does a good deed for a total stranger. This animation has a large meaning, which can be understood easily; it represents that kindness is still alive in the world, and sometimes it just takes a nice deed to spread it around.

A story about surviving child abuse.

This film looks at the way bullying can effect the confidence and sense of security students have while at school. It focuses on the relationship between those who bully and the individuals they target. The film goes on to show the important roles other students can take on in order to stop bullying from occurring at their school.

"Contradictions" is a stop-motion animation piece that artistically uses photographs and hand drawn elements to explore the idea that you shouldn't judge people and their character by their appearances. People may dress or act in certain ways, but often have interests and tastes, in this case, musically, beyond what their fashion traits may indicate.

This part animated, part live short movie shows the story about a fictional teenage girl living with depression. It is through her story that we show the world that depression is not just some made up "disease", but a real problem. With many of those affected being teenagers like ourselves, we want to inform others about how they can help treat this.

A video PSA that encourages teens and young adults to consider the negative consequences of drinking alcohol before they decide to take a sip. The piece shows a typical party scene in which a friend offers another a drink, and the recipient must stop, think, and decide before making the decision to decline it. The short, fast-paced project delivers an important message and demonstrates a strong act of positive individual decision-making.

Drinking or tennis?! Drugs…or dancing?! A teenage boy pursues social activities as a way of escaping from parental conflicts. However, he comes across moments where he must make a decision: whether to find a healthy way to escape or to follow a deception that will drag him deeper into the darkness. Either way, his life hinges on his choice…and the road not taken.

A dramatic short film about four teens who are challenged by a difficult decision. As the day goes by, one bad decision after another leads to a problem, and no one in the group decides to speak up. The ultimate question the project poses is: "If you were in this situation, what would you do?"

This film looks at gun violence within the United States and the thousands of deaths that occur each year, largely due to accidental firings within the home. Anti Guns goes on to focus on the shocking links between guns and teenage boys, including the fact that more teenage boys are dying from gunfire then car accidents in today’s society.

Addiction is a difficult thing to overcome, and especially when you don’t understand that you are addicted. In this film we follow a high-schooler, named Derrick. Most addictions are to drugs, but in this case we follow the addiction to the video game world. Derrick is addicted to video games and it envelopes his world. What is Derrick going to do when he sees his future.

Litter in the Trash Can provides a humorous look at the effect littering has, not only on the Everett campus, but also within our planet as a whole. One student’s daydream turns into a nightmare when a walking pile of garbage, which should have been properly thrown, stands up and attacks him on campus!

This is a video we created to re-enact one of the most heart-breaking and empowering recent true-life stories that we had heard relating to a terrible bullying incident at a high school in the U.S. A student was bullied for just wearing a pink shirt to school! We depicted what happened when people came together to take a stand against bullying at their school as a community.

This project is about how people label others just by watching them, and not by getting to know the real person inside. This project encourages people not to label others without knowing them, but to really get to know the real person.

In "Manhood 5K" filmmaker Isaiah Miles embarks on a personal exploration of the qualities a young man needs to develop in order to become a "real" man. A member of the school track team, Isaiah uses a race as a metaphor for his transition into manhood.

This is a short documentary about the martial art Jiu Jitsu and its effect on two young men's lives.

This is a PSA that tells the story of a young woman who ran away from home.

This is a PSA about problems with the healthcare system.

This is a PSA that raises awareness around epilepsy.

This video is about the danger of owning a gun. In December 2010 we wrote a script about a situation in which someone got hurt by a gun. Then we came up with some question and interviewed people in the community about the effects of gun violence. In February we make a video and edited it. Our message to young people is that GUNS are not safe and they do not protect us.

We choose this topic because a lot of people in this part of Brooklyn are unfortunate to not have fathers. We came up with a scenario of a young girl without a father. It shows how her and her boyfriend broke up, and since she had no one to talk to, she ended up going to another boy on the street . The second situation is her and her boyfriend breaking up but this time she had a father to talk to so she ended up in the right hands. We also had interviews with some of the employees and interns here at ST JOHNS RECREATION CENTER. We asked questions concerning how it was for them growing up without fathers and would you let them back in your lives. Then we asked the employees who work with fatherless children how it impacts how the child acts.

"We are all immigrants" is a photo-audio slideshow part of Make The Road campaign in support of the Dream Act. The piece aims to show the other side of the immigration issue, the one affecting hard working undocumented families and especially their children, unable to attend college.

A short documentary that lists the reasons why more physical education time could benefit today’s youth both physically and mentally. Artist's statement: "Our school does not offer enough gym time, so I decided to make a video on why we should have more gym and the benefits of more gym. My friends and I really enjoy physical education, since it is fun, teaches us to work with others, and it gives us time to stay physically fit and healthy. I hope the audience will agree that more gym will be better after watching my video."

A short documentary that asks why middle school age students make fun of homosexuality and make gay jokes. Artist's statement: "What brought me to this subject was that my ELA teacher was encouraging us to do a lot of social justice projects and I was interested in the topics of homosexuality and suicide among teens. I wanted to find out why kids always made fun of these issues. They talked about them like they were jokes or like they were nothing. I decided to narrow down my documentary because I was worried about what people would think and say if I was asking about suicide. It’s a really sensitive issue. After making this movie, I’m hoping that people will understand that it’s okay to make jokes but you shouldn’t take things too far. By making jokes about homosexuality, you cross the line and can hit a nerve by hurting someone’s feelings and putting them down."

A short film about two friends who argue when one blames the other without really thinking things through. Artist's Statement: "We first wanted to make a movie about bullies and randomness. But then we decided to make something about false accusations after it just popped into our heads. Kids are always accusing other people of things and threatening them. People who watch our movie should think and get proof before they blame someone."

A group project which was created with the idea of "gender identity" in mind. A classic spin on the old idea of "girls can do anything boys can do," this project show that not only can girls play football, but in some cases, they can play it even better than a boy can! The style of black & white video along with ragtime music, and title cards is meant to evoke the early silent film era.

A 2-minute autobiography of Stephen Lee, a young man who moved from the Philippines to New York at a young age. Now, having lived in New York for a few years he reflects on the differences between the country life he had in the Philippines and the city life he now lives in New York City.

Produced by students from The Bronx Guild

With this digital story Emerald Smith reminds us to embrace who we are and to not listen to shallow comments on the way we look and act. She shares the secret of her strength and happiness: cherishing the people she loves!

A PSA raising awareness on the issue of elder abuse in the United States.

This documentary is the personal story of the young filmmaker who bravely shares her journey through coming out to her family. Despite the difficulties she's encountered and the pain she has been enduring, she doesn't regret her decision. She hopes to shed some light on the struggle of LGTB youth.

The message of this video project is that teenagers are often negatively stereotyped and not much attention is given to teenagers who are doing positive things.

A group of after school students from the Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center on the Lower East Side takes us on a tour of their neighborhood to express their views about graffiti and to ask the question of why there is so much graffiti where they live. Additional Authors: Tatiana Matos, Marisol Rodriguez, Zuri Smith, Nadia Stoute, Anyai Sumpter, Kyara Wilson

Demonstrating the power of technology to engage middle- and high school-age youth, Adobe Youth Voices provides breakthrough learning experiences using video, multimedia, digital art, web, animation, and audio tools that enable youth to explore and comment on their world.

Adobe Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, brings two great films to the third installation of Youth Producing Change, an event showcasing media created by young people to raise awareness of human rights issues.

Adobe Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, brings two great films to the third installation of Youth Producing Change, an event showcasing media created by young people to raise awareness of human rights issues.

Adobe Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, brings two great films to the third installation of Youth Producing Change, an event showcasing media created by young people to raise awareness of human rights issues.

Adobe Youth Voices, in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, brings two great films to the third installation of Youth Producing Change, an event showcasing media created by young people to raise awareness of human rights issues.

Deaffinity, a group of young deaf people based in London, have gathered to produce this sensitive and thought-provoking statement film campaigning for greater access for members of the deaf community.

Produced by students from the Redwood City Adobe Youth Voices Peapod Academy during the 2011 Adobe Youth Voices at Cinequest film Camp.

Produced by students from Willow Glen High School during the 2011 Adobe Youth Voices at Cinequest film camp.

"Forced to walk home from school, a child is deeply disheartened to find his drunken father passed out on the couch. Growing up, he reflects on his father’s destructive actions, which greatly influence his own. Eventually becoming a father himself, he is faced with a decision that will not only impact his own life, but directly affect the well being and future actions of his daughter."

This movie is about how we are forced to change along with the technology that is coming to us. Our daily lives are based on technology and it’s neither good nor bad. Technology brings convenience and efficiency into our lives which we come to rely upon to the point where we don’t realize that we need technology to function normally.

This project focuses on how education has become less of a priority. It is meant for mainly teenagers and young adults. It is a documentary that's message is to push towards success to give yourself a chance.

"Everyone has a story, a story that they can change. This particular story is about a man going from drug addict to a pastor. This film will leave you with a message that it is not to late to change."

This project is a unique narrative presented in stop motion using still photos. It is about a student named Angel who chronicles his high school experience going from a student who gets into trouble into a student who strives to work towards graduation. His experience with teachers is the focus. Its audience is high school students who might be in similar situations or know someone who might be. Its carries a strong message of students being able to change.

This story is a mixed media piece that presents the topic of youth profiling by police. It is meant for a teen to adult audience and the message it will focus on is that there is more to a person than the way they look.

Second Look is a video that explores adult stereotypes of teens. The video asks adults to renew their faith in youth. Teens are made of more than just their faults, they have the potential to be amazingly successful."

The song is about what can families, schools, and communities do to help the youths be more successful in school. 2020 Vision was created to support President Obama's initiative of having the most college graduates by the year 2020

Directed and produced by Maria Centeno from the Boys & Girls Club of East Palo Alto, California. Maria explains how we should all be paying attention to what's happening around us.

"Choice" shows that even though there are many different issues in the world, mostly all of them can be solved simply by citizens from neighboring cities, states, and countries being in contact with one another. Without propaganda, groups of ordinary people can work across borders and territories to make fundamental changes that even our governments can't make alone.

The project was created through Adobe Youth Voices for the Department of Education. The DOE is going to 9 major cities to do a National Youth Listening Tour and is using this video to open up the tour when it comes to SF/OAK. The song is about what can families, schools, and communities do to help the youths be more successful in school. 2020 Vision was created to support President Obama's initiative of having the most college graduates by the year 2020. The project was a collaboration between SF AYV sites, Oakland Peapod AYV, and Redwood City Peapod AYV.

In just over 2 weeks, young people made a video in answer to the questions posed by the Department of Education Listening Tour. They interviewed each other, as well as visiting a local school and interviewing youth about their reasons for going to college and some of the difficulties involved in doing so. They were able to make a 5 minute video that represented diverse viewpoints and expressed some of the struggles of many young people today in taking that next step.

The story of a young woman who recently moved to the US from Iran, and her decision to continue wearing the hijab although no longer forced to do so.

Members of the Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy in Redwood City, Ca, collaborated with representatives from the NOH8 Campaign to create a song and video which promotes the campaign’s “anti-hate” message. The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest against the ruling of California’s Proposition 8. In the brainstorming process of the project, the members of the Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy decided to address all forms of hate including race, gender, religion and so forth. By expressing their own opinions on the subject matter, along with visual images that support their lyrics, the artists hope that the song and video will raise awareness of these issues and encourage their peers to be more understanding, tolerant and accepting of each others’ differences. The project was proposed and managed by Diego Petterson from the “Somewhere2turn” community outreach project. Diamante Machuca-Horton and Richard Kaho wrote and performed the song. Their good friend and fellow Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy member, P.J. Poloai, edited the video sequence.

Once a booming center of the American Industrial Revolution, Worcester, Massachusetts’ Main South area is now showing sings of abandonment with children at risk of brain damage, stunted growth and reproductive problems caused by lead poisoning found in their own backyards. 16 year-old Janice Serrano and her friends founded a cooperative business, Toxic Soil Busters, to battle brownfields with environmental entrepreneurship and revitalize an entire community.

In the tradition of Colombia’s Nasa indigenous people, Edilfredo’s mother buried his umbilical chord to honor Edilfredo’s first tie to Mother Earth. The challenges of violence an alcoholism in rural Colombia have strained Edilfredo’s close ties to the Earth and at 13 years old he began harvesting coca leaves for export an even considered joining an armed militia group. Edilfredo, who is now 17, has rediscovered his connection with the Earth and is working with the Indigenous Guard to cultivate diverse crops that nourish the human body, the indigenous spirit and the natural environment.

As part of an Adobe Youth Voices public service announcement project, students in Robin Lambert's and Patty Smith's classes explored a variety of topics important to them and produced over 20 PSAs on stereotypes, depression, gangs, the environment, and other subjects.

As part of an Adobe Youth Voices public service announcement project, students in Robin Lambert's and Patty Smith's classes explored a variety of topics important to them and produced over 20 PSAs on stereotypes, depression, gangs, the environment, and other subjects.

In cities around the world, globalization is producing contrasts at every turn: old versus new, Eastern versus Western, wealth versus poverty, local versus multinational.

In cities around the world, globalization is producing contrasts at every turn: old versus new, Eastern versus Western, wealth versus poverty, local versus multinational.

A film documenting runaway children in India who stay in railway stations and the problems that they face.

A film examining the lives of waste pickers in Delhi and their daily realities.

A class of eighth grade students explores racism by examining stereotypes, schools, and the media.

Young South African filmmakers celebrate their mothers’ resilience to overcome the obstacles that lay before them.

When Marisol Becerra was a little girl, she thought that the huge smokestacks in her community, Chicago’s “Little Village,” were a “Cloud Factory.” Years later, as she watched her younger sister Brenda suffer from Asthma, she realized that the Cloud Factory is a coal burning power plant. With none of the jobs at the Crawford Power Plant for local residents and any of the power it generates for Chicago, Marisol and a few friends began to organize and fight this environmental injustice. They mobilized youth to educate the people of Little Village to take action and demand change to close the Cloud Factory once and for all.

Temptation comes in all forms. 3 friends attend a party and all are tempted in different ways. Will they give into their temptation or resist it. This short film looks at ways youth are tempted into trying or doing things they aren't comfortable with and shows that its OK to say no. Temptation, what would you do?

The story of two childhood best friends, Amir, who is Muslim, and Zach, who is half-Jewish.

19 year-old Diana López always aspired to be a pilot and since the Kelly Air Force base is in her neighborhood, she was convinced that joining the Air Force was the best way to reach her goal. After graduation, she had one last summer in San Antonio to intern at a local environmental justice organization. When she learned that her neighborhood, Leon Creek, is part of the “Toxic Triangle” – since World War II the Kelly Air Force Base had been dumping cleaning solvents that have trichloralethylene (TCE) – Diana decides to stay in her hometown and fight.

The worst fears of what would happen as a result of our impact on the environment come true.

How much do your new jeans cost? Who made them and how much did they get paid? Two teenage girls embark on an eye-opening journey as they discover the dark truth behind the clothing industry and take a stand for change.

Kiné, a young Senegalese girl, is sent to the city to work as a maid in order to support her family back home. When her employers begin to abuse her, who is there to protect her?

The Hidden Cost of Cashmere cleverly links America’s appetite for cheap consumer goods with desertification and the growing environmental crisis.

A plane left Spoken Word Artist Sofia Snow’s hometown on September 11th, never reaching its destination.

Amber Good is a 13-year-old Haida girl with a very important role to play.

“Humans” is a documentary that takes a comprehensive look at the past, present and future of mankind. Through narration and interviews, the film covers the evolution of the human species, examines today's social behaviors and explores their future. With an unspoiled view of the world and fresh eyes to filmmaking, Humans allows us to take a look at ourselves through the lens of its teenaged filmmakers.

Six members of Adobe Youth Voices were given the task of creating a song and music video that addresses one of the main issues or concerns that they see within their own communities. After discussing and brainstorming several topics, the group decided to focus on stereotypes and created a song that sends the message: “Even though we are different, we experience many of the same struggles.” Their collaborative effort, along with their creativity and commitment to the project, produced an extremely well-put together video with a powerful message.

GAIA is a short animation that shows a heroine named Gaia that saves a city from a very bad villain from polluting the beautiful city of Adobia. Gaia fights off the evil villain Stinkman, because he is polluting the city with his trash powers. Gaia flies and cleans up the city from the trash of Stinkman. Gaia enlists the help from the kids to help keep clean the city of Adobia.

The idea for Food Wars developed from our young animators’ desire to examine the negative impact of gang violence in their community. Because the group wanted to examine the issue beyond the boundaries of their own community, they chose to use fruits and vegetables to represent two opposing communities. The animators used audio and video as well as real world props to create a short film that discusses their perceptions of gang violence and to offer a thought on the resolution of the violence.

The impact of US immigration policies hits home when the undocumented parents of the Munoz family are deported without warning.

The labor of the poor is most admirable. They contain within them a belief and drive that moves them beyond their destitution. It would seem that a person’s hopes would be shattered with the onslaught of tragedy after tragedy. In The Life Next Door the audience is invited to visit one man as he shares a candid look at his perseverance in the midst of calamities.

How do we define multiculturalism in a post-9/11 and post-7/7 world?

Find out how the meat industry impacts the planet and what you can do about it.

How does being held in solitary confinement impact prisoners?

A student explores the realities of war through an interview with a veteran.

A PSA from BAVC's Factory program, supported by an Adobe Youth Voices grant.

A short narrative from BAVC's Factory program, supported by an Adobe Youth Voices grant.

Created by students from Burnett Middle School.

Created by students from Burnett Middle School.

Created by students from Burnett Middle School.

Created by students from Burnett Middle School.

Created by students from Burnett Middle School.

Created by students from Burnett Middle School.

Created by students from Burnett Middle School.

Created by students from Burnett Middle School.

We all go through life at our own pace. Steven Santos is 17 years old and has wandered in and out of school and jail. He has grown up estranged from his father. But with a baby on the way and new skills as an electrician, he has a new lease on life, a new relationship with his father and a view of a brighter future for himself.

Made as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at the Cinequest Film Festival, this music video tells the story of three young men choosing the right path to make change in their communities.

This is one of a series of animations done by students and educators from AYV sites Government Urdu High School-Barlane, Government Girls High School-Adugodi and Christel House India Learning Centre completed six short animations and one short documentary during a three-day workshop with AYV partners Listen Up and iEARN, with Animaction

This is one of a series of animations done by students and educators from AYV sites Government Urdu High School-Barlane, Government Girls High School-Adugodi and Christel House India Learning Centre completed six short animations and one short documentary during a three-day workshop with AYV partners Listen Up and iEARN, with Animaction.

Directed and produced by students of St. Charles Sixth Form College. Filmmakers explore reasons behind the rise in teenage pregnancies in the UK and ask whether, contrary to popular opinion, teenagers can in fact make good parents.

As part of an Adobe Youth Voices public service announcement project, students in Robin Lambert's and Patty Smith's classes explored a variety of topics important to them and produced over 20 PSAs on stereotypes, depression, gangs, the environment, and other subjects.

As part of an Adobe Youth Voices public service announcement project, students in Robin Lambert's and Patty Smith's classes explored a variety of topics important to them and produced over 20 PSAs on stereotypes, depression, gangs, the environment, and other subjects.

Why aren't more African American youth going to college? Eddy Lowe interviews educator/activist Carl Ray to understand the reasons, the impact, and the solutions to getting more black youth inspired to get an education.

A PSA from BAVC's Factory program, supported by an Adobe Youth Voices grant.

A short animated reminder to keep the music going.

A visual poem about self-identity, discovery and culture.

What if we could undo how we've damaged the earth? Youth in India find out.

Youth speak out about the dangers of using cell phones while driving through the crowded streets of Bangalore.

This short animation shows an imaginary world with heroes watching over us.

A glimpse into one boy's inner battle to stay strong despite poverty and loss of his parents, only aided by the supportive hands of friends.

Youth express themselves in a statement about What If.

Misunderstood is about a young man named Tony, who's life doesn't seem to be heading in the right direction. Tony gets into an argument with his teacher that triggers a flashback of the week before and all of the drama he went experienced. He runs away to get away from all of it, when his now ex-girlfriend finds him and shows him that even when you feel like nobody cares, there are still those special people in your life that won't let you fall.

Youth express themselves in a statement- If I Could Do Anything.

Produced by students of the Moldaw-Zaffaroni Boys and Girls Club of East Palo Alto.

Through a series of interview segments, the audience learns that they are not always such anti social people and that they do other things besides play video games like play guitar or dance or work. Gamers are normal people who just happen to also play video games.

The Crazy Ones film is something I put together with the help of staff and students of Boynton High School, which is the school I attend. Its a school project that I put effort and time into and is also something I enjoyed. This project highlights the uniqueness of the students and staff here at Boynton.

When the Junker cars of the world turn against the humans they release a viral disease in the clouds of smog they leave behind. The virus causes humans to turn into mindless plant eaters. Who can save the world from the Pootlutting Zombies?

A Public Service Announcement about the choices teenagers face when confronted with the decision to take their relationship to the next level. The video shows the consequences of such decisions and asks the question, are you really ready?

Using a variety of animation techniques, Disorder takes you inside the mind of a girl who struggles to learn and communicate in a world where her way of thinking is deemed abnormal.

Childhood is considered a precious commodity in this world. To relinquish this treasure at an early age is to give away one of the greatest privileges in life. In A Poem to Teenage Mothers the hard words of one adolescent parent beckons onto her peers not to lose such innocence. Rather, young women are encouraged to cherish the asset of youth, and avoid the harsh reality of this adulthood.

“We are Photographers” is a multimedia exploration of the role that photography plays in the lives of youth around the world. Last summer, students from SF Camerawork’s First Exposures program traveled to Ghana to explore commonalities across cultures through an exchange with the Ghana Youth Photo Project. This visual collaboration looks at young people’s lives in San Francisco, CA and Accra, Ghana. As a extension of the exhibition, United in Nima, the project made it’s debut in March 2009. For more information please visit http://www.sfcamerawork.org

Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest Film Festival selection. This work was created over three weeks as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest and premiered March 7, 2009 at a special screening at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA. Thanks to Adobe volunteers Tami Williams, Renee Coca, Charles Liss and Bruce Bowman, Cinequest volunteers and Adobe Youth Voices mentors Alex Yamamoto, Peter Pheap and Keith Morikawa.

Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest Film Festival selection. This work was created over three weeks as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest and premiered March 7, 2009 at a special screening at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA. Thanks to Adobe volunteers Tami Williams, Renee Coca, Charles Liss and Bruce Bowman, Cinequest volunteers and Adobe Youth Voices mentors Alex Yamamoto, Peter Pheap and Keith Morikawa.

Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest selection. This work was created over three weeks as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest and premiered March 7, 2009 at a special screening at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA. Thanks to Adobe volunteers Tami Williams, Renee Coca, Charles Liss and Bruce Bowman, Cinequest volunteers and Adobe Youth Voices mentors Alex Yamamoto, Peter Pheap and Keith Morikawa.

A reminder about the potential negative alternatives to positive hobbies like skateboarding.

For the ones we love, it can be hard to watch, as they experience a deadly disease. We know the greatest change provided a loved one is our unending affection and care. The concern children have for a dying parent will most always exceed that of the family’s needs. The impact of cancer generates not only Side Effects on the infirmed, but a sense of immeasurable unease within the family. This story is a tender look at the love one family offers the man they so dearly adore as he chooses to forgo medical treatment.

What if we could rewind and make different decisions about what path to take? A young man finds out.

Predicting the future of a teen parent doesn’t require a clairvoyant. It does, however, require eyes to see. “Reality” gives the viewer those eyes. The choice to say, “No” when pressured is an ability reinforced in this video.

Directed and produced by students at West Seattle Elementary School. Youth make a statement on what really makes a person beautiful.

The avoidance of some accidents in life is possible. To prepare for them should be the first line of defense. It is true that “sticks and stones may break [your] bones” especially if you don’t Wear A Helmet while skateboarding. This public service announcement takes a special effect’s approach to ride its point into our heads on safety.

Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest Film Festival selection. This work was created over three weeks as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest and premiered March 7, 2009 at a special screening at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA. Thanks to Adobe volunteers Tami Williams, Renee Coca, Charles Liss and Bruce Bowman, Cinequest volunteers and Adobe Youth Voices mentors Alex Yamamoto, Peter Pheap and Keith Morikawa.

Winner of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and AYV's online video contest, “My Culture + Your Culture =?”

Directed and produced by students of Noida Public School - A film documenting the realities of a once green city.

Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest Film Festival selection. This work was created over three weeks as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest and premiered March 7, 2009 at a special screening at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA. Thanks to Adobe volunteers Tami Williams, Renee Coca, Charles Liss and Bruce Bowman, Cinequest volunteers and Adobe Youth Voices mentors Alex Yamamoto, Peter Pheap and Keith Morikawa.

Beware of who might be watching when you don't recycle.

The Land of opportunity calls daily to the foreigner who wants religious or political freedom, prosperity, prestige, or a new life. Immigrants are no different than any citizen of country except in the way of citizenship. But for those who are starting out in a new country, this is not always possibility.

Middle school students send adults a simple, but powerful message.

A society determines value. A society such as the U.S. is known for its wealth and the value it esteems to its goods. “One Penny More” takes a look at the value of a penny in a third-world country. Its value is the “difference between living and dying” for many.

Deportation of illegal aliens is sobering. All the more is the case for an undocumented woman whose spouse or partner is abusive. These women are in fear of deportation and abuse. Support for these women to “stop violence against” them is an unseen battle that “No More Silence” address.

Youth see first had that gang violence affects the world around us.

A young man sees dance as his legacy and how he can positively influence others in his community.

Winner of The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and AYV's online video contest, “My Culture + Your Culture =?”

The adage, “Do onto others as you would have them do onto you,” should not be limited to people. The big, blue marble called planet earth is seen by some folks as a toy to do with as they wish. However, the audience is introduced to Mother Nature, a living, breathing planet deserving of respect. This video encourages its audience to make earth a garbage-free recreation zone.

Existence on earth can sometimes feel angelic; yet with the onslaught of trial and tribulation life could easily feel barren. Survival in this world comes into question for some when all that seems to be present is devastation after devastation. For these, the choice of death seems plausible; however, Life, counters this with a message of hope and faith in the embodiment of an angel.

A young Iranian woman in London confronts her cultural identity by rediscovering it and embracing it.