SANTA BARBARA
Local nonprofit aims to transform troubled teens through filmmaking
Posted: Feb 3, 2011 10:08 AM by Monica Quintero
Updated: Feb 3, 2011 10:32 AM
A local nonprofit is working to transform at-risk teens through a film-making program.
Youth CineMedia began in 2002 with a single camera donated by Grammy Award Winner and Rage Against The Machine's front man, Zach De La Rocha.
In the past eight years, the unique program has grown tremendously.
In 2005, Youth CineMedia was awarded $250,000 by the U.S. Department of Education for a Community Technology Grant, chosen as one of a dozen organizations in the entire country to receive such a distinction.
Currently, more than 850 students from throughout Santa Barbara have learned video/music production, photography, graphic design, acting and other skills that have led to job opportunities and higher education.
Watch KSBY News at 5 and 6 for more on this inspiring story.
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