Press & Events
2017 Educating Children of Color Summit, “SHADE & Self-Love”
Antreise Lacey presented her film, SHADE, at the 10th Annual 2017 Educating Children of Color Summit, as part of a session titled “Shade & Self-Love”. She presented along side Dr. Regina Lewis and had these words to say about her experience: “It was a huge honor to come home from … Read more »
YDA honored with the Veronica Brennan, Inclusion in Film Award
We are so honored to have received the first annual Veronica Brennan, Inclusion in Film Award. YDA was presented with the award by The Arc of Colorado at the 5th Annual Achieve With Us Film Festival, on March 10th at the SIE Film Center in Denver.
The Arc’s 5th Annual Achieve With Us Film Festival features LONELY HIGHWAY
Andy Kwiatkowski’s LONELY HIGHWAY was featured at the 5th Annual Achieve With Us Film Festival, an event of The Arc of the Pikes Peak Region. The Achieve With Us Film Festival celebrated National Developmental Disability Awareness month with a line-up of excellent short films, featuring LEARNING TO DRIVE, starring Colorado’s own … Read more »
Student Filmmakers Reflect On High Rate Of Teen Suicide In El Paso County (Colorado Matters, CPR)
Aired and posted by Andrea Dukakis on Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio (1/25/2017) Click here to see the original post and to listen to this broadcast High schoolers Kalia Hunter, left, and Dee Contreras recently made documentaries about youth suicide. (Nathaniel Minor/CPR News) Colorado has one of the highest teen suicide rates in … Read more »
Rocky Mountain PBS pairs student film with discussion about suicide
Posted on current.org By Sara Wise | December 15, 2016 Viewers of Rocky Mountain PBS will get an intimate look at the issue of youth suicide Thursday with the debut of a partnership between the station and a Colorado organization for young filmmakers. RMPBS’s news show Insight will feature an … Read more »
Youth Documentary Academy films air on Rocky Mountain PBS
By: Jen Mulson December 12, 2016 Updated: Today at 4:15 am Local youth expression has made it to the small screen. The Youth Documentary Academy and Rocky Mountain PBS recently formed a partnership to broadcast YDA films on the TV station and its affiliate stations in Colorado. Cheyenne Mountain High … Read more »
Youth filmmakers to be featured on PBS
Colorado Springs Independent INDY BLOG UPDATE: POSTED BY J. ADRIAN STANLEY ON THU, DEC 8, 2016 AT 3:21 PM Rocky Mountain PBS reached out to me today to clarify that Legg’s film is a part of a new series called “Insight with John Ferrugia.” The special that Legg is featured … Read more »
YDA Partners with Rocky Mountain PBS
We are excited to share a big development regarding youth in the Pikes Peak region: the Youth Documentary Academy (YDA) and Rocky Mountain PBS have formed a new partnership to broadcast YDA films on Rocky Mountain PBS and their affiliate stations across the state of Colorado. The students in our program, whose films are … Read more »
Problem of teen suicide in Colorado Springs tackled by Youth Documentary Academy filmmakers
By: Jen Mulson October 25, 2016 Updated: October 25, 2016 at 7:17 am During the summer of 2015 two Palmer High School students committed suicide within one week of each other. One of them was Dominic Saunders, 14, who had recently lost his mother. The story of his life and … Read more »
YDA goes to NYC for the All American High School Film Festival
Five YDA films were screened at the 2016 All-American High School Film Festival in NYC this past weekend (Oct 7-9). Stevie Earnest (BOTH GENDERS) Antriese Lacey (SHADE) Rebecca St.John (ROCK BOTTOM) Cody McIntyre (FROM CLOSED TO OPEN) Scott Larwood (FATHERLAND). Stevie, Antriese, Rebecca, and Cody flew out to the big city … 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
