The Youth Visions at Chatham Academy After School Matters program created a documentary about the black-owned businesses on 75th street in Chicago.Featured businesses include Soul Vegetarian Restaurant, Brown Sugar Bakery, Authentic Cooking Catering and KMT Health Food Stores.
Residents and local business owners express excitement, hope as well as uncertainty in a recent segment on the Bloomingdale Trail, produced by Humboldt Park-based Community TV Network (CTVN)’s award-winning show, Hard Cover. Dubbed “The 606”, the Bloomingdale Trail is a project over a decade in the making, designed to add Read more…
Youth produced short documentary about about teenagers trying to break into the music industry.
Stray Bullets is an original music video produced by CTVN After School Matters Apprentices. It portrays how stray bullets can take an innocent person’s life and the negative effect on the community after a life is taken. This video sheds some light on the effects of gun violence in Chicago Read more…
This youth produced short film is a coming of age story about a girl transitioning into high-school. (Featuring Original Music by PIZ)
CTVN’s After School Matters Apprentices talk to local businesses, youth and job coaches to learn more about how young people can overcome the growing challenges of getting a job in these tight economic times. Featuring advice from business owners from Uprise Skate-shop and Irazu Costa Rican Restaurant.
The Bullet is a short documentary film based on Brittany Douglas personal account of overcoming a culture of violence and loss through resilience, personal determination and storytelling as healing. Beyond simply telling stories, Bullet is an examination of the act of storytelling and art-making itself as a way of mediating Read more…
Last week Vedran Residbegovic’s After School Matters class had an opportunity to learn lighting techniques and tricks from film expert Bill Sacco. Bill Sacco worked for Harpo Productions, Oprah Winfrey’s production studio from 1996 to 2011. Mr Sacco brought in his lighting equipment to teach technical and aesthetic aspects of Read more…