EVC documentary New Visions: A Deeper Look at the American Dream has been accepted into the Los Angeles Cine Fest! In New Visions, EVC youth producers examine the American Dream from the perspective of student Mohammed, who contrasts his expectations of America with the harsh realities of...
EVC youth producers and Executive Director Steve Goodman will be presenting at the Youth Voices and Civic Engagement Through STEAM at Barnard. ...
Dear Friends, 2015 has been another amazing year of powerful storytelling and transformative learning at EVC. Whether their documentaries were about immigrants’ rights, educational equity, mental health, or the objectification of women, our students have inspired us all by their stories of struggle and resilience. InMaking...
YOU'RE INVITED TO EVC'S HOUSEWARMING RECEPTION Join us at our ribbon cutting/ housewarming reception to thank Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, New York City Council Member Corey Johnson and The Hyde and Watson Foundation for their generous capital support...
Thank you for making our benefit screening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center last Wednesday such an overwhelming success! We are extremely proud of our students for producing two extraordinary, thought-provoking films that explore teens' mental health needs in schools and the separation of families due...
EVC's New Media Arts apprentices have been working all semester on a new interactive community website Bridging the Gap between Community and Police. Our interactive site has already been awarded a Social Impact Award at the Emoti-con Youth Digital and Technology Challenge this past month.The...
The Youth Powered Video Film Festival amplifies youth voices by providing an audience for their creativity, perspectives, and community solutions. EVC will present a variety of youth-produced short videos, produced through EVC’s Professional Development Programs. To RSVP, please contact Jennifer Proulx at jproulx@evc.org...
“It was an experience that I will never forget.” -- Angelica Perez, EVC Graduate EVC started with a simple idea -- to transform the lives of young people by putting video cameras into their hands to explore and report on the issues that matter most to...
In this three-day professional development intensive, teachers and youth workers will learn to plan, facilitate and assess Common Core aligned, media project-based units that will build their students' 21st century literacy, critical thinking and artistic storytelling skills. The workshop is experiential, giving all participants the...
CELEBRATING OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Since we first started teaching young people to make documentaries 30 years ago, we’ve focused on helping them tell powerful stories that can make a difference in their communities, and develop their critical skills along the way. [caption id="attachment_20" align="alignleft" width="348"] On behalf of...