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Antreise Lacey featured on Colorado Public Radio
Link to CPR to listen now At the beginning of Antreise Lacey’s short film, faces of young African-American women flash on the screen. They each say a phrase: either “light skin” or “dark skin.” Lacey is 18 and just graduated from Widefield High School outside of Colorado Springs. She made the … Read more »
YDA Filmmakers Featured on Fox21 News
YDA was given the spotlight this morning on Fox21 News. Tom shares more information about YDA and how the programs inspires student filmmakers. Then hear more from filmmaker Antreise Lacey on her film SHADE, and filmmaker Bailey Francisco on his film AFTER WAR, both of which screened recently in Washington … Read more »
YDA Filmmakers Featured on Washington DC News
YDA Filmmakers Bailey Francisco and Antreise Lacey were featured on Washington D.C.’s NBC 4 today. “Several student documentaries will be showcased for lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week. The films were all made by students at the Youth Documentary Academy in Colorado. Student filmmakers Antreise Lacey and Bailey Francisco stopped … Read more »
YDA’s upcoming trip to Washington DC featured in the Gazette
CLICK HERE to read the full article: Four student filmmakers from Youth Documentary Academy head to Washington, D.C. By: Jen Mulson May 15, 2016 at 2:55 pm Antreise Lacy, a 17-year-old Widefield High School junior, was so frustrated with the negative stereotypes about the skin color of black girls … Read more »
Denver Post – Colorado student directors get congressional viewing for documentaries
YDA will be making waves in Washington DC this May! CLICK HERE to read the full article By THE DENVER POST | newsroom@denverpost.com May 9, 2016 at 5:58 am Four Colorado student filmmakers will premiere their documentaries next week at a congressional screening in Washington, D.C., where U.S. Rep. … Read more »
YDA Takes Films to Capitol Hill
The Youth Documentary Academy is thrilled to share news of our upcoming visit to Washington D.C. next week where four of our Colorado Springs graduates – Antreise Lacey, Madison Legg, Bailey Francisco, and Stevie Earnest – will be presenting their films on Capitol Hill at a Congressional screening welcomed by Rep. … Read more »
Scout Film Festival Official Selections Announced
Congratulations goes out to Tricey, Mady, Becca, and Stevie! We are delighted to announce that the films “Shade”, “Under The Wire”, “Rock Bottom” and “Both Genders” were accepted as official selections, and in the running for Best Documentary at the Scout Film Festival June 17-19 in Stowe, Vermont. Yours are … Read more »
YDA Student Wins 2015 Arts Council “Young Filmmakers Award”
Antreise Lacey, a Widefield High School senior, won the top youth award at the 2015 Pikes Peak Arts Council, known as the Young Filmmakers Spielberg in the Making Award. Antreise’s film SHADE examines how the representations of light and dark skinned African American girls and women play into damaging and … Read more »
YDA Student wins National Film Festival
Bailey Francisco, a graduate of the 2014 Youth Documentary Academy, won Best Documentary at the prestigious All American High School Film Festival in New York City last Fall for his film AFTER WAR, a documentary about the impact of his father’s PTSD and traumatic brain injury on their family. Bailey’s … Read more »
TRAILBLAZERS Gets the Governor’s Attention
TRAILBLAZERS, is told from the point of view of the filmmaker, Steve Bremner; it is the story of his and other community member’s efforts to complete the Ring the Peak Trail which circumnavigates Pikes Peak—it is a work in progress, with two gaps remaining. Building a trail this long requires commitment … Read more »
While walking around Boulder, so many people came up to me and my dad to thank me for making AFTER WAR.
Bailey Francisco, 17
