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Project Voicescape
  • Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmaker Emileigh Potter
    Teen filmmaker Emileigh Potter of San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a Project VoiceScape grant this year. Her documentary The DREAMER, which highlights an "illegal" immigrant who aspires to live the American Dream, is now in production under the mentorship of Jeremy Levine, producer/editor of the Emmy-nominated Good Fortune.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 31, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmaker Madena Henderson
    Madena Henderson, of Troy, N.Y., is one of 22 teens awarded a Project VoiceScape filmmaking grant. Madena is working with mentor Angela Tucker (Election Day) to complete The Have and the Have Nots, a documentary she hopes will encourage teens with financial difficulties to hold on to their college dreams.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 25, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmaker Matthew Seife
    Matthew Seife, of Scarsdale, N.Y., is one of 22 teens awarded a Project VoiceScape filmmaking grant. Matthew is working with mentor Yoni Brook (Bronx Princess) to complete Little Steps, a documentary about a baseball league for children on the Autism spectrum.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 19, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmaker Alejandra Gama
    Alejandra Gama of Goodyear, Ariz., is one of 22 teens awarded a Project VoiceScape filmmaking grant this year. Her film Right To Be An American, which documents the struggles of children of illegal immigrants in her home state, is now in production under the mentorship of Almudena Carracedo (Emmy winner Made in L.A.).
    POV Staff 3 min read August 17, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmaker Drew Morton Goldsmith
    Teen filmmaker Drew Morton Goldsmith of Middleton, Wisc., was a veteran of international film festivals even before he was selected to receive a Project VoiceScape grant. Under the mentorship of documentarian Aaron Matthews, Drew is now completing No Pity, a film about pity-based charities that have infuriated him and his "disabled" peers.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 12, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmaker Morgan Wilcock
    Morgan Wilcock of Minneapolis, Minn., is one of 22 teens awarded a Project VoiceScape filmmaking grant this year. Her documentary This Gay And Age, about the evolving media climate for young gays and lesbians, is now in post-production under the mentorship of Sundance award-winning director Natalia Almada.
    POV Staff 2 min read August 11, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Meet Filmmaker Trevor Seines
    Trevor Seines of San Diego, Calif., is one of 22 teens awarded a Project VoiceScape filmmaking grant this year. He's completing his film In Between under the mentorship of documentary director Carlos Sandoval (Farmingville).
    POV Staff 2 min read August 10, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Grant-Winning Teens Tackle Tough Topics
    Project VoiceScape, a collaboration between Adobe Youth Voices, PBS and POV, recently awarded 15 $2,000 filmmaking grants to 22 emerging young talents from around the country. Project VoiceScape editorial committee member Jessica Lee tells us about some of the challenges she faced in awarding the grants and what we can expect next from the filmmaker-finalists.
    POV Guest Blogger 2 min read August 3, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape: Meet the Filmmaker-Finalists and a Stellar Group of Documentary Mentors
    The Project VoiceScape filmmaker-finalists are now in production working toward an October showcase, with mentorship from some of the best documentary filmmakers we know. Meet the filmmakers and their mentors!
    POV Staff 4 min read August 3, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Live Chat: Young Women's Voices in Media
    Join 2011 Project Voicescape grantees Negesti Cantave and Morgan Wilcock on Monday, July 11, at 6 PM ET for a live chat about the future of the media industry from the perspective of young creative women.
    POV Staff 1 min read July 8, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Project VoiceScape Update
    To All Project VoiceScape Applicants: Once again, thank you for your submissions. We’re really impressed with the number of high-quality applications and have some tough decisions to make — so tough, in fact, that we’re adjusting the project schedule so we can give another few weeks to the review process. We’ll be notifying everyone with […]
    Jamie Dobie 0 min read April 6, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • POV's Project VoiceScape Submissions Now Under Review
    Project VoiceScape is a partnership with Adobe Youth Voices, PBS and POV to mentor today’s best young documentary filmmakers. Our 2011 Project VoiceScape call for entries closed last week and we would like to thank the hundreds of talented youth filmmakers across the country who submitted their great documentary ideas for funding consideration! We received […]
    Jamie Dobie 1 min read February 24, 2011 Documentary News Comments

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