Youth leaders of the Visions to Peace Project will premiere their eye-opening new documentary, Vision Is Our Power, at the National Museum of Women in the Arts on Wednesday. March 26, 2008 at 7 pm.
Vision Is Our Power is a daring and thoughtful documentary on issues of violence against youth including gun violence, dating violence, and police brutality. In the video, youth and youth justice workers use poetry, personal stories and candid dialogue to reveal the many faces of violence against youth in order to spark new vision and hope for safety and justice.
The youth leadership team of the Visions to Peace Project consists of Leon Baldwin, Cornisha Turner, Laura Parish, and Marquise Johnson. They will be speaking on a panel following the screening, as well as Ngozi Agbara, a poet featured in the documentary.
Read on for more information on the entire eye-opening and dynamic program hosted by the National Museum of Women in the Arts and featuring a range of new video work by youth artists and activists!
You can also access a flyer at this link: D.C.s Young Filmmakers Flip the Script!
Wednesday, March 26 @ 7 p.m.
National Museum of Women in the Arts. 1250 New York Ave. NW
Sisters in Cinema: D.C.’s Young Filmmakers
Flip the Script!
The National Museum of Women in the Arts is pleased to present new video work created by local youth who use their productions to flip the script on adult-controlled media. For this program, youth leaders of the Visions to Peace Project came together in a media arts workshop to create a documentary that would go beyond the stories told about Black youth and violence in the mainstream media. According to 13-year old director Leon Baldwin, “Different kinds of violence affect youth everyday — domestic violence, police brutality, verbal abuse, and gun violence, as well as other types. This documentary exposes violence against youth. We reveal the violence that affects us.” Youth used video in the tradition of black women filmmakers — to bring about dialogue, learning, healing and social change. The program also features other videos created by youth that will educate, inspire and surely entertain. The screening will be followed by a discussion with young filmmakers in D.C., including creators of the works featured.
FREE.
NATIONAL MUSEUM of WOMEN in the ARTS Theater
1250 New York Ave., NW, Washington , DC
(Two blocks north of Metro Center )
All public areas of the museum are wheelchair accessible.
Unless otherwise noted, reservations are recommended for all programs. For more information: (202) 783-7370 or reservations@nmwa.org
Is this film available for showings in various youth and community centers throughout the country?
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Thanks for your question and interest! We’re definitely planning to release the film on DVD and make it available for national distribution in the weeks to come.
While screening the version we have now, we are also still doing some post-production on the film like mixing and mastering the sound, replacing a few of the clips with others and so on. We’ll be posting updates on the web site so please keep checking back. Also send us an email at visionstopeace (at) yahoo (dot) come so you can be added to our listserv and be the first to know when its on DVD and available for purchase.
By the way – I have a couple UniTees t-shirt and am a big fan of the company and the work y’all do. Thanks again for your question!
What an incredible privilege to work with Johonna and with the amazing artists who created VISION IS OUR POWER, Leon, Cornisha, Laura, Marquise, and Ngozi! The piece truly is POWERful, as well as enlightening, and smart, and in some parts it’s hilarious. You really did an amazing job, and you inspire and impress me. It was an honor to work with you all, and I hope we will have many more collaborations in the future.
Warm Regards,
KJ Mohr
Film and Media Arts Programmer
National Museum of Women in the Arts