10th Annual Bresee Youth Film Festival On Social Justice Call for Submissions

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The Bresee Youth Center is seeking submission for our *10th Annual Bresee Youth Film Festival* happening May 16th. Deadline to submit is May 1st. This year's theme is *Immigration Reform*. If you work with a youth group please spread the word, the film festival is open to any youth currently enrolled in any middle school or high school.

For more information on submissions and to view past film festival winners please visit *bresee.org/filmfestival *

Make a 3 minute or less film in any genre about current U.S. policy on Immigration Reform and you’ll be eligible to have your film shown on the big screen and possibly earn one of five great awards.

Here are a few basic questions to guide your films: How has President Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration (DACA, DAPA) affected your life and family? What reforms are still needed?
Show us personal stories about you, your family or someone you know in your community who has been affected by U.S. policies on immigration, past or present.

Submission deadline: May 1, 2015.Festival date: Saturday, May 16, 2015. Venue & times to be announced.

*Thank you!* -- *“Don't hate the media, become the media”* - Jello Biafra *"No one educates anyone, and nobody is self educated; all of us learn from each other, mediated by the world we live in." * - Paulo Freire