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For ten years, DCTV and the Paley Center have presented outstanding documentaries produced by young people across the country. Selected documentaries will be screened at Docu Jam in the 2010 Television Documentary Festival and will become part of The Paley Center’s permanent collection.

Check out dctvny.org/youth/activities/docu-jam for details.

Please join us as our PRO-TV alumni gather to showcase several amazing narrative and documentary works they’ve produced as they continue to impact and change the world.

To RSVP: contact Chinisha Scott, chinisha@dctvny.org, 212-966-4510 x642

The culmination of PRO-TV's Summer Media Intensive, screening student films exploring the epidemic of gun violence in New York City. The Summer Media Intensive is a six-week program where students will learn how to become citizen journalists and learn the basics of video production. This year, PRO-TV conducted workshops with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence and experts who work with young people to develop stories based on the consequences of possessing guns in the United States. Thursday, August 12, 2010 6-8pm. RSVP to clarivel@dctvny.org.

Four student pieces reflect on the challenges of growing up with family members who abuse drugs.

Laughing Silently, Iemi Hernandez-Kim
A young woman reflects on the strength of her mother and her own battles with anger towards her drug-abusing father.

Dependent, Richard Memminger
In this self-portrait, Richards evaluates the people he has grown to depend on over the years. With an absent father and mother who dies from cancer during the course of this film, Richard comes to believe that only person he can depend on is himself.