YOUTH MEDIA ARTS PORTFOLIO
Cultivating And Amplifying The Voices Of Miami Youth Through Media Arts
Through the Rites of Passage and Film Arts Culture Entrepreneurship (FACE) programs, Urgent, Inc teaches young people how to create compelling photographs, films, spoken word, music and comics to tell stories of their experiences, use their creative minds and gain content production skills year round. Here we highlight some of our favorite youth media.
I Wish
NBCUniversal Creative Impact Lab Commercial
I Wish was a digital asset created for HACE, sponsored by NBCUniversal Creative Impact Lab. The 30 second version of the commercial is streaming now on several NBCU platforms.
Community Partner: HACE
Director: Deondre Marshall, Apprentice
Producer: Mandy Saint Simon, Apprentice
instructor Joey L. Ashley
sELF-CONFLICTION
AS SEEN ON PBS FILM-MAKER
Self-Confliction was produced during the heart of the pandemic and follows a young man who struggles with self-doubt.
Director: Deondre Marshall
Instructor: Joey Ashley
uNREALISTIC
Feature Film
From the creators of "Keeping it On" based on the play series "She Kept Her Bra On: Chronicles of a Teenage Love Affair", URGENT, Inc. brings you "Unrealistic" under the direction of Jalen James Acosta. This youth led film is a byproduct from the FACE (Film Art Culture Entrepreneurship) youth internship program. This film engages youth and community around the issues of homeless youth, bullying and how social and institutional barriers impact youth development. Watch Time 59:18
Director: Jalen James Acosta
Film Crew: Summer Film Interns
FACE'ing the Narrative
2019-2020
This collection features the creative portraits, poetic verse and musid of FACE interns.
Youth Photographers: Beatrix A., Juvenson C., Karen D., Kevin D., Martin E, Kevin J., Tatiana J., Leonce L., Surayyah M., Samuel P., Mandy S., Henry V., Naomie Y.
Instructors: Joey Ashley, Passion Ward, James Eagles.
Featured Music: " No Worries" from the album "Battle of Love. " Written, arranged and performed by youth Kashane B., Amanda P., Choomay P., Aaliyah W., Idaah J., Yailynee G.
Instructors: Sekajipo ForThePeople, Produced in partnership with Preserving Archiving Teaching (PATH) to Hip Hop; Produced by DJ Fielo
Our Voice Matters
"Loveless Generation" Music video
Loveless Generation was written, arranged, performed, directed and produced by youth in the Rites of Passage Youth Media Project and FACE programs.
Community Partner: Preserving Archiving Teaching Hip Hop (PATH)
Producer: Sekajipo ForThePeople and Deion Wynter.
Short Films
Summer 2019- Media Arts Internship
During the summer of 2019, 30 media arts internship worked to complete short films to submit to Urgent Inc.'s Miami 4 Social Change Youth Film Festival. Short films included featured selection, "The Choice," and others including: Subversion, Following You, Crisis, Blind Sighted, At What Cost. To watch the featured selections, view more below.
HIDDEN
tRAILER
This youth led film brings to light the impact of human trafficking in Miami as it intersects teen dating violence. it is an intimate look at similar patterns of behavior how traffickers prey on the vulnerable through the lens of teens. "Hidden" engages audiences in critical dialogue about the impact of teen dating violence and how it intersects with human trafficking. The youth from URGENT, Inc's youth development programs developed the story in a way that removes stigma from these topics and rather provides a platform to inform audiences.
Guest Director: Jalen James Acosta
Film Crew: Summer Film Interns
