Our Experience
Reel Youth has worked with young people in India, Nepal, Vietnam and Morocco though international schools, NGOs and community groups, using film and stop motion animation to:
•build capacity in local youth and adults to envision, create and share their own digital media
•produce and distribute films that give voice to marginalized young people and celebrate the work being done to support them
•deepen schools and youth serving organizations ability to use digital media in a meaningful and skilled way
Featured Films
Family Stones - A Journey to Freedom in Nepal (2008)
From corners of bleak Nepalese Prisons comes a story of irrepressible youth. It is a testament to the resilience of these eight young people and the individuals who continue to rescue children from Nepal's prisons. Over ten years ago Reel Youth founders Mark Vonesch and Erica Køhn travelled to Nepal to record the stories of young people who were rescued from the adult prison system. Reel Youth presents a touching and uplifting film about five Nepalese children who have been rescued from the adult prison system, two Maoist child soldiers, and the amazing place they call home. Filmed in part by the children themselves, 'Family Stones' tells the story of 7 remarkable youth and their journey from the Nepal prison system into a loving family of Prisoners Assistance Nepal. Featuring an original soundtrack, featuring Christian Lein and the young people themselves, 'Family Stones' is filled with the effervescent joy of youth in contrast to the struggle of a nation undermined by armed conflict and fear. For more information or to donate to Prisoners Assistance Nepal or Kamala Foundation see: http://panepal.org/?page_id=11848 and http://kamalafoundation.org/
Vang A Lu's Story
This film was made by a group of 16 dedicated highschool students from United Nations International School in Hanoi, Vietnam who learned the basic elements of documentary filmmaking. In groups of three, the group created films that celebrated individuals from Thuy An Village in Bavi and small hill tribe villages just outside of Sapa (Northern Vietnam). Donec condimentum dolor eget nibh laoreet malesuada. Mauris ac diam feugiat, mattis libero vitae, laoreet justo. Curabitur pellentesque laoreet diam, sed vehicula mi. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Aenean at quam luctus, facilisis massa nec, faucibus nunc. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Ut tempor ex diam, id placerat sapien consectetur et. Nulla sollicitudin at diam at commodo. Aliquam non semper nisi, et sagittis nisi. Nam quis eros sit amet ligula eleifend commodo. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Quisque feugiat, diam quis porta faucibus, diam sapien varius velit, nec condimentum augue dolor at libero. In ac luctus leo. Ut nec tempus magna. Vestibulum pellentesque nisl nisi, ac molestie leo maximus at. Morbi et sollicitudin ligula.
Habitat for Humanity.
In 2013, Reel Youth spent three weeks at the United Nations International School in Hanoi, teaching leadership and film making to grade 11 students who would be leading community service projects. The skills they gained in the Reel Youth program allowed them to create films championing local projects, and to be effective leaders for groups of service learning students.
Ta and Zua
In 2013, Reel Youth spent three weeks in Vietnam, teaching leadership and filmmaking to grade eleven students who would be leading their high schools’ ‘Community and Service’ projects. The skills they gained in the Reel Youth program allowed them to make films championing local projects that include an orphanage, microfinance programs, child safety education, community gardens, and a paediatric hospital; and to be effective facilitators for their groups of Service Learning students.