DCTV’s Our Cameras, Our Stories Airs On PBS

DCTV’s “Our Cameras, Our Stories” Premieres Saturday on PBS

First Series 100% Youth Conceived, Created, and Executed

Saturday, October 4th on PBS (WNET 13), Followed by Air Dates Across the Country (Weekly for the Next Six Weeks)

“Our Cameras, Our Stories” empowers young New Yorkers via the opportunity to share their stories on film. These young filmmakers shoot short-form autobiographical documentaries using DCTV’s (Downtown Community Television Center) studio and equipment – each episode of “Our Cameras, Our Stories” is comprised of a few of such documentary films. Each episode exhibits heart-wrenching stories of inner city turmoil, running the gamut of homelessness to gun violence, and yet the young filmmakers all persevere and use their art to become role models for change. A total of 21 films by 21 young New York City young filmmakers will be featured as part of the series.

“Our Cameras, Our Stories” is the first series 100% youth conceived, created, and executed.

One such student filmmaker has recently been invited to the White House! Medgar student Jasmine Barclay will be a guest at the White House for her work on “Our Cameras, Our Stories” with the film, When Life Hands You Lemons. The film documents her struggles of having an incarcerated parent. On October 8th, Jasmine will travel to Washington, D.C. where she will be recognized as a Champion of Change. There, she will screen her documentary and speak on a panel about the ordeals youth face when a parent is incarcerated. The White House Champions of Change initiative “honors local Champions of Change who are doing extraordinary work to prepare individuals and communities throughout the nation for disasters and to help build a safer and more resilient nation.”

DCTV is a non-profit independent media arts center that provides free and affordable public programs and services to NYC media artists, youth, and residents. These programs include media arts training workshops in moving image media, community access to state-of-the-art digital production equipment and edit systems, and production/screening facilities for public use.

DCTV Founder Jon Alpert has distinguished himself as an award-winning journalist. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, eleven News & Documentary Emmy Awards, one National Emmy for Sports Programming, four Columbia DuPont Awards and a Peabody Award.

DCTV’s Jon Alpert, Jasmine Barclay, and the other “Our Cameras, Our Stories” filmmakers are available for interviews.

Please contact Caitlin Hughes at Caitlin@BrigadeMarketing.com with requests.