intersections: YouthARTS
Second Chance
a new film about working together to change young lives
created by youth in the Multnomah County juvenile justice system
In the spring and summer of 2007, the Northwest Film Center's Young Filmmakers Program partnered with the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, Juvenile Services Division, Worksystems, Inc., and the Regional Arts & Culture Council to enable teenagers involved in the juvenile justice system to make a film about a career exposure program for Portland area at-risk youth created and operated in partnership with local employers.
Working with filmmakers Brian Lindstrom and Brian Yazzie, the youth focused their cameras on the positive experiences of peers learning about career pathways in healthcare, hospitality, public service, manufacturing and construction. As the story unfolds, through the interweaving of their own personal testimonials into the narrative, the youth filmmakers begin to imagine and experience positive change in their own lives and futures.
Our thanks to the Multnomah County Percent for Art Program, administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Oregon Youth Authority, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, Worksystems, Inc., US Department of Labor, Mount Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, Starbucks Foundation, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, Oregon Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts for making this program possible.
The project is part of RACC’s intersections: YouthARTS program which is an ongoing series of artist led projects that serve as intervention strategies for youth involved with Community Justice. Lead by an artist-in-residence, the young people help conceive and sometimes create public art. As they learn the craft of filmmaking, photography, drama or other art forms, they also develop important life skills, such as beginning and ending a project, creative problem solving, and the experience of working together towards a positive goal.
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RACC Staff to Contact:
Peggy Kendellen
Public Art Manager
503.823.4196
pkendellen@racc.org
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