Buffalo Youth Media Institute
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The BUFFALO YOUTH MEDIA INSTITUTE is a community history and youth media program geared towards the diverse population of young people living in Buffalo and surrounding areas. Combining media production, media literacy, and cultural studies in its 9-month curriculum, youth producers, selected through a competitive application process, work with professional filmmakers and historians to create their own self-directed documentaries about Buffalo.

  • Write, shoot and edit a documentary using professional equipment and techniques.
  • Learn more about your community and its history.
  • Earn a stipend of up to $1000 upon successful completion of the program
The program begins October 2007 and ends in June 2008. This includes after-school and weekend classes. Squeaky Wheel provides the equipment and training with professional historians and filmmakers. This year's program will focus on Buffalo's East Side. Youth producers will study the history, architecture, culture and civic issues of this overlooked neighborhood and make self-directed documentaries based on their own research and interests.

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APPLICATIONS

Deadline: October 3, 2007 (in-hand)
Download Application: Click here
Applications for the third year of Buffalo Youth Media Institute will be accepted until October 3rd, 2007. Click here to download an application.

To apply you must:
  • Complete an application and have your parent or guardian sign it.
  • Write a letter detailing your interest in the project
  • Copies of your last report card
  • One letter of support from your teachers or school.
Send completed application packet to:

Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources
Attn: BUFFALO YOUTH MEDIA INSTITUTE
712 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14202

The deadline for applications for the BUFFALO YOUTH MEDIA INSTITUTE is Wednesday, October 3, 2007.
For more information, call us at 716-884-7172 or email office at squeaky.org.

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BUFFALO YOUTH MEDIA INSTITUTE TEAM

Project Conceptualized by Dorothea Braemer
Project Director:  Jacklyn Farris
Video Instructors:   Brian Milbrand, Jacklyn Farris

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Funders

The BUFFALO YOUTH MEDIA INSTITUTE is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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