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Welcome

Proceeds from Alternatives in Action’s Project YouthView benefit the multi-media programs of Alternativesin Action and enable us to continue Project YouthView as a powerful venue for youth expression. We inviteyou to partner with us as we continue our legacy of facilitating youth expression and leadership.For more info about Project YouthView or Alternatives in Action visit AlternativesInAction.org

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Nine years ago, Alternatives in Action set out to capturethe heartbeat of a generation. What better way to do thisthan through the medium of film?

Since its inception in 2005, Project YouthView has paved theway for youth to learn real world skills while coordinating anevent that has showcased nearly 100 youth-created filmshorts, highlighted the work of over 275 young filmmakers andfeatured eight powerful documentaries. The event itself hasinspired intergenerational dialogue among over 3,000 atten-dees, who respond powerfully each year to the unique stories,perspectives, concerns, and solutions presented by youth.

As Project YouthView has grown, so too has Alternatives inAction. This year we expanded our community programsand now serve as the Lead Coordinating Agency of school-based services and supports at four Oakland and Alamedahigh schools. We've grown from engaging a couple hundredyouth to over 1,000 young people and their families eachyear. Our youth are leading inspiring new initiatives in theircommunities, like the Season of Peace–--a story that will beshared in tonight's program.

Project YouthView proudly joins forces with collaborativepartners such as Comcast, HBO, the Alameda Theatre &Cineplex and the Alameda Unified School District, as well as,local businesses who lend support to help us create moreopportunities for youth to be seen and heard.

So, with shared passion and enthusiasm, we welcome you toProject YouthView 2013. Together, let us watch with keeneyes and listen with open ears to the messages of powerand hope presented by today’s young filmmakers.

Welcome to the show!The Project YouthView Committee

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Credits

Project CoordinatorsMorgan Cleveland

Project YouthView CoordinatorAli Medina

Alternatives in Action Deputy DirectorKandra Rivers

Project YouthView MentorExtraordinaire

Julie Lieberman NealeProject YouthView

Sponsorship CoordinatorNicholas Basta, Justin Park,

Paolo Tsui, Pablo VenturinoMultimedia Coaches

PYV 2013 CommitteeBruce Bothwell, DDSEdna Cabcabin Moran

John DaltonJoan Hawkins

Kathleen Seabolt

PYV 2013 Youth CommitteeCharliesha Edwards

Fremont HSJazmin Gomez

Fremont HSDaisy Hernandez

Life Academy

Ashley HunterLife AcademyJustin Gilreath

McClymonds HSLavell CallowayWest Alameda

Community ProgramsMarri Cleghorn

Alternatives in Action HSNarcelito Guinto

Alternatives in Action HS

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2013 PROGRAM

Comcast presents Alternatives in Action’s PROJECT YOUTHVIEW 2013

VIP Welcome Reception in Mezzanine

INTRO & WELCOME

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AUSD STUDENT SHORTSTV Media Spot

Jaydon Tobler, Katharine “Kat” Dimitruk, Patrick Reilly, Drake Buffington-Carpenter,

Justin Huergas & Robert Kammerer

Handwashing PSAKris Grey-Wincher, Blake Twyman,

Greg Erickson, Randi Ye

AHS vs Redwood HSJaydon Tobler, Katharine “Kat” Dimitruk

Let's Move PSAChristina McKinley, Weston Tolbert, Devin Green,

Suzanne Eggert, Chandler Leslie

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INTERMISSIONVote for Audience Choice Film

VIP Dessert & Coffee/Tea

FEATURED FILMINOCENTE

Directors Sean & Andrea Fine

PRESENTATIONMeet Inocente & ARTS Guest

AWARDS CEREMONYAudience Choice AwardPower of Youth AwardJudges' Choice Award

THANKS & GOOD NIGHT

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In San Diego, a young teenage girl’seyes stare into a compact mirror. She paintsa dramatic black swirl around her eye. Shenever knows what her day will bring, but sheknows at least it will always begin with paint.

INOCENTE is an intensely personaland vibrant coming of age documentaryabout a young artist’s fierce determinationto never surrender to the bleakness ofher surroundings.

At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dreamof becoming an artist be caged by her lifeas an undocumented immigrant forced tolive homeless for the last nine years. Coloris her personal revolution and its extraor-dinary sweep on her canvases creates aworld that looks nothing like her own darkpast—a past punctuated by a fatherdeported for domestic abuse, an alcoholicand defeated mother of four who oncetook her daughter by the hand to jump offa bridge together, an endless shuffle yearafter year through the city’s overcrowdedhomeless shelters and the constant threatof deportation.

Despite this history, Inocente’s eyesenvision a world transformed…wherebuildings drip in yellow and orange, wherepink and turquoise planets twinkle with res-cued dreams, and one-eyed childlike crea-tures play amongst loved babies and purpleclouds. Inocente’s family history is slowlyrevealed through her paintings.

Told entirely in her own words, we come-to Inocente’s story as she realizes her life is ata turning point, and for the first time, shedecides to take control of her own destiny.Irreverent, flawed and funny, she’s now chan-neling her irrepressible personality into afuture she controls. Her talent has finally beennoticed, and if she can create a body of workin time, she has an opportunity to put on herfirst art show.

Meanwhile, her family life is at a tenseimpasse—if she legally emancipates herself

from her mother tostrike out on herown, she’ll risk plac-ing her brothers infoster care, but tostay is unbearable.

INOCENTE isboth a timeless storyabout the transfor-mative power of artand a timely snapshotof the new face ofhomelessness in

America, children. Neither sentimental norsensational, INOCENTE will immerse you inthe very real, day-to-day existence of a younggirl who is battling a war that we rarely see.The challenges are staggering, but the hopein Inocente’s story proves that the handshe has been dealt does not define her, herdreams do.

Featured Film Spotlight

INOCENTE is a multiple award-winning film and winner of the2013 Academy Award for Best

Documentary Short.Produced by

Shine Global

Directed bySean & Andrea Fine

Photos by Sean Fine | Synopsis from Inocentedoc.com

We are thrilled tohave Inocente and oneof her ARTS mentors

join us for an engagingQ&A this evening.

Juried Film Shorts

LimitationsLily YuBay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)Lily Yu is a sophomore at Skyline High School in Oakland. She movedto Oakland from China when she was 7. She joined The Factory inDecember of 2011 where she created the music video “Limitations”with Moria Moore. During the summer, Lily worked with KQED andattended AFI Silverdocs, where she spoke on the American Graduatepanel. Lily enjoys her cats, playing jazz and plans to pursue and studyfilmmaking and directing in college.

HumanAndy To, Dara SoCalifornia State University East Bay & Laney College • AndyToProductions and Draft9films were createdin Oakland by Andy To and Dara So, friends from Fremont HighSchool’s Media Academy who started their own freelance videographywork during college. They were reconnected by the urge to createvideos which pushed them to go out and make a documentary abouta Homeless Man and his story.

ChoicesElliot Carroll, Marielle Boland, Takai GinwrightBay Area Video Coaltion (BAVC)All of the teen filmmakers who created Choices hail from the SF BayArea and participated in The Factory's advanced filmmaking programduring the 2011-2012 school year. Marielle attends Berkeley HighSchool. Elliot and Takai attend Oakland School for the Arts.

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MiscellaneousAlex RennieSanta Rosa High School ArtQuest ProgramAlex Rennie developed his passion for film in the summer of 2009when he attended a short film class through the Santa Rosa JuniorCollege. He continues to make films of his own imagination andattends the ArtQuest Video program at Santa Rosa High School. Alexplans to take his filmmaking career further.

Fast Forward: Road to a Peaceful OaklandVictor Mercado, Stephy Liang, Nancy Tafoya, Franklin RivasMedia Enterprise Alliance This video was produced by a group of students from the MediaEnterprise Alliance, a program which offers inner-city high schoolstudents in the Oakland Unified School District a year-long opportunityto study media, particularly video production. The filmmakers werementored by Maggie Simpson Adams.

Orchid SundayMelody C. MillerUCLAMelody is a passionate storyteller who wants to create a difference inthe world both as a filmmaker and as a human being. Melody’smission in life is to help, educate, and motivate people around theworld through movies because inspiring films and people have made ahuge impact in her own life. Originally, from the Bay Area, Melody nowstudies at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television where she isconcentrating on Cinematography and Production and continues to live,breath, dream and do filmmaking.

Oakland Live, AliveEmmanuel GarciaEmmanual’s passion for films started early. As a child, he wanted tocreate films but he didn’t have access to the necessary resources untilhe attended Alternatives in Action High School. There, he met histeacher, coach and friend, Basta, who taught him about filming andediting. Emmanual is currently attending college and saving up for acamera. He plans to transfer to film school where he will continue tocreate more films.

Wake UpAnthony Boyd, Sidney Nickles IVNewark Memorial High School & Academy of Art UniversityAnthony is a Bay Area native, whose passion for film runs deep. “Theworld is filled with a lot of stories; I’m just looking for the right ones totell.” The journey of a filmmaker is intense, involving sleepless nights,stress and accomplishment. With the help of his amazing cast andcrew with a 48 hour notice, WAKE UP was created.

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Take Out Take-OutWalden Smith, Jack Boreczky, Chance Boreczky, Clay Ferguson,Sean FergusonHomeschool/4-HThe filmmakers are part of the Redwood 4-H EnvironmentalStewardship project, which has been performing environmentalactivism and education for four years, focusing on pollution caused bydisposable plastic products. Our video promotes the use of sustainablepackaging products by restaurants; most cities in Alameda County banone or more types of plastic packaging, but it is still necessary toeducate the public about that fact.

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Special Thanks to

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Very truly,Project YouthView

2013

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Student Film Shorts

Let’s Move PSAOver the past 30 years childhood obesityrates have tripled, and 1 in 3 children are

overweight or obese.

Video credits: Christina McKinley, WestonTolbert, Devin Green, Suzanne Eggert,

Chandler Leslie

Supporting Youth Career Development in Video & Film Production through our Career Technical

Education Programs.

By Alameda Unified School District Students

TV Media SpotAlameda High School’s TV Media classes are

where students of all grades get a headstart on their career in video production—

find out how here!

Video credits: Editor: Jaydon Tobler, Cameras: Katharine “Kat” Dimitruk & Patrick

Reilly, Actors: Drake Buffington-Carpenter,Justin Huergas & Robert Kammerer

Hand Washing PSA“Whoa there, Johnny! Don’t forget to wash

your hands after nature calls!”

Video credits: Kris Grey-Wincher, BlakeTwyman, Greg Erickson, Randi Ye

AHS vs Redwood HS MusicVideo/Documentary

This fast paced documentary features aninfamous football game cut to the style of

Dubstep music.

Video credits: Editor: Jaydon Tobler, Cameras: Katharine “Kat” Dimitruk

ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT proudly sponsors PROJECTYOUTHVIEW 2013

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The Power of Youth Award is inspired by Julie LiebermanNeale and her eleven years of service to Alternativesin Action. Under Julie’s dedicated leadership, ProjectYouthView has positively impacted countless youth andadults, helping to shape the event into the unique, multifacted film festival it is today. The winner of thisaward will best capture the spirit of Project YouthView,shedding light on how young people make a differencein their own lives, as well as, the lives of others.

Power of Youth Award

Project YouthView proudly presents the Judges' Choice Award. Our panel of prestigious judgeshas chosen the winner of the award to be announced later tonight. We gratefully acknowledgethe generous support of our expert judges!

ERICA ENG is featured in over 24 film festivals around the countryand is a winner of many awards including the Golden Gate Awardfor the Youth category at the San Francisco International FilmFestival; Erica was Project YouthView's first Audience Choice Awardwinner for her film Inertia! She runs Erica Eng Productions-directing,editing and shooting shorts, music and fashion videos in Los Angeles.

CRISTI CATLIN joined Home Box Office in June 1990 where shemanages the West Coast Office of Corporate Social Responsibility.She also helped launch Urban Oasis Film Academy, a pilot projectteaching filmmaking to inner city youth. Academy students havegone on to study film at the college level and professional work inthe entertainment industry.

Awards

DR. SUSAN MACLAURY is the Executive Director of the non-prof-it film production company Shine Global. She was an ExecutiveProducer of the Academy Award-nominated and two time EmmyAward-winning “War Dance,” Academy Award-winner “Inocente”and “The Harvest/La Cosecha.” She is currently producing “SellingOur Daughters.” Susan leads the outreach and advocacy for all ofShine Global’s projects and teaches at Kean University.

The Judges’ Choice Award

RUSSELL SIMMONS was recentlynamed by Forbes Magazine as one of“Hollywood’s Most InfluentialCelebrities.” USA Today named him asone of the “Top 25 Most InfluentialPeople of the Past 25 Years,” callinghim a “hip-hop pioneer” for hisgroundbreaking vision that has influ-enced music, fashion, finance, the jewelry industry, television and film,as well as the face of modern philanthropy. He maintains an ongoingcommitment to empowering at-risk youth through education, thearts, social engagement, promoting racial harmony and strengthen-ing inter-group relations.

PAULEY PERRETTE, known to millions around the world as"Abby Sciuto" on CBS' "NCIS" has appeared on numerous TVshows, independent films, commercialsand music videos. She is also a direc-tor, producer, published writer, poet,photographer, spoken-word artist andsinger/songwriter. Her dedication toindependent films has resulted in herwinning, among other accolades, BestActress in the Beverly Hills FilmsFestival 2010, To Comfort You. She is apassionate and dedicated advocate forcivil rights.

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HEBE TABACHNIK is a film curator who has participated as juror,project evaluator and panelist at film festivals worldwide for over adecade. She is the Feature Film Iberoamerican Programmer forthe Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) and Palms SpringsInternational Film Festival, and the Short Film Programmer forLAFF. She is the curator and producer of the Future FilmmakersShowcase, the youth initiative at LAFF.

TERENCE WINTER is the creator, head writer and ExecutiveProducer of Boardwalk Empire, HBO’s award-winning dramaseries. Prior to creating Boardwalk Empire, Mr. Winter was one ofthe writers and Executive Producers of The Sopranos, for which hewas honored with four Emmy awards as well as three Writer’sGuild Awards. His third film “The Wolf of Wall Street”, directed byMartin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opens in Nov2013. Currently, he is developing a new series with Mr. Scorseseand Mick Jagger set in the rock music world of the 1970s.

Vote for Your FaveYouth Film Short

at Intermission...it just might win!

The Audience Choice Award

Thank you!

Your VOTECounts!

Acknowledgements

Thank you to those whose sponsorships came in after our print deadline. We appreciate your support!

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Sponsors We are grateful for our sponsors & supporters. Thank you!

YouthView DiamondHBO

Comcast

YouthView VenueAlameda Theatre

& Cineplex

YouthView GoldecmARTS

YouthView SilverAlameda Sun

Alameda Unified SchoolDistrict

Asena RestaurantBowzer's Cafe

Cafe JolieC’era Una VoltaMarketingVUE

YouthView BronzeAlameda Advertising

Al WrightFeel Good Bakery

First Community BankRachel & Terry Winter

YouthView VIP’sCorporate VIP

AMF Southshore LanesBank of Alameda

Daphne's Greek CuisineDonseumorFast Imaging

Peet's Coffee & TeaThe Big Apple Cafe

Individual VIPBrian D. HarveyGinger McBrideJoan HawkinsJoe Mariscal

Jono SoglinJulie & Chris NealeMorgan Cleveland

Nancy GordonRita Trumbo

William Cleveland

Community FilmSelection PanelKhamisi NorwoodRyan Wiederkehr

Bill ScottVince CutaiaErin Williams

David MoragneDayna AragonMelvin AragonAlethia Walker Daniel Hurst

Victoria FloresLuan HuynhJalen Oneal-

StrawderElesia Washington

Eric CarilloKristen McGlothen

Graphic DesignecmARTS

Film ReelGregg Hart

Alternatives inAction High SchoolSheila Sathe Warner

Sociology Class

Alternatives inAction Board of

Directors

Alternatives in ActionDonors & Funders

Alameda MagazineAUSD School BoardAlexandra BlaneyAllison ShannonArt GoldmanCesy MartinezCheryl PrincipatoCity of AlamedaCristi CatlinDeborah TisdaleDennis JamesonEric KosFern KrugerFranklin HystenGinger McBrideInocente IzucarJane Sperling WiseJareem GunterJason Jakaitis

Joanne GuitarteKyle ConnerLa Penca AzulLisa LaigoLorena HernandezMark MoranMatt D'ArrigoMichael SkolnikMustafa YildirimPatricia MurilloRachel WinterRey LunaSean McPhetridgeSuzanne Baum

Many thanks to all the filmmakers, supporting instructors and organizations who created and submitted films!

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AlternativesIn Action

Alternatives in Action workswith young people who haveleadership potential and pre-pares them for college,career and community.With your help, we getthem ready to make adifference in the worldthrough our innovativeprograms:

Alternatives in Action’s CommunityProgramsServing over 1,000 youthannually, our after schooland school-linked servic-es in West Oakland(McClymonds HighSchool), East Oakland(Fremont High Schooland Life Academy) andWest Alameda provideyouth with opportunitiesin leadership develop-ment, academic support,college and career readi-ness, and after schoolprojects. Projects includesound and video recording,early childhood develop-ment, restorative justice and civic engagement.

Alternatives inAction High SchoolOur tuition-free high schooloffers rigorous academicswith individualized attention,community projects, intern-ship experiences and collegepreparation.

Alternatives in Action’s Home Sweet HomePreschoolOur licensed preschool whichcares for children ages two to five also provides careerand leadership training,enabling youth to receiveacademic credit and hands-on learning in early child-hood development.

Our programs are free to youthand we need your support to keep them that way.Invest in the leadership poten-tial of a young person by mak-ing a donation to Alternatives inAction today.

There’s a lot of talk about youth being our future. With Alternatives in Action, you can

help them make a difference right now.

When youth & adults fromAlternatives in Action

created Project YouthView, who would have imagined the

impact it would have? Theevent has grown and so haveour media programs whichinclude sound recording,

video production and media events production.

Much thanks for your support!

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