Monthly Archives: October 2009

Plaid Ribbons for Pornography Awareness

By |2020-01-03T13:36:15-05:00October 30th, 2009|Blog|

[Dr. Marty Klein – a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, and sociologist with a special interest in public policy and sexuality – is our guest blogger today! We post from his great blog, Sexual Intelligence, from October 25.] This week is WRAP Week: White Ribbons Against Pornography. Sponsored by groups including Concerned Women for America (CWA) and [...]

The Chamber of Commerce Should Not Be Immune to Political Satire

By |2020-01-05T23:18:32-05:00October 29th, 2009|Blog|

On Monday, October 19th, the Yes Men, a group of artist/political activists, set up a mock website that looked like the Chamber of Commerce’s, and held a mock press conference where they announced that the Chamber was shifting its opposition to serious efforts to address global warming. Major news sources were fooled into reporting the story. In response, the Chamber [...]

Short

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 24th, 2009|Videos|

We thought it would be boring to film just another documentary of going around asking people about whether or not they thought they had free speech in school.

Speechless

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 24th, 2009|Videos|

This film simply shows the story of someone that no longer has the interest or the courage to express his feelings in words. Not one word crosses his lips. Why? This topic no doubt happens even more oftertimes when the media ISN'T around. In these cases, the youth must stand up for themselves. If you or a friend experiences this, [...]

YFEN film contest deadline today!

By |2020-01-03T13:34:25-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Blog|

Today is the deadline for our contest Free Speech in Schools: Does it Exist? Students 19 and younger are encouraged to film their response in 4min or less for the chance to win up to $1000 and a scholarship to the  New York Film Academy.  See more details at Youth Free Expression Network or even apply online now! According to [...]

One Question

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

In my film I interviewed students and teachers at my school. I did this to see how different people respond to the same question. I came up the idea to have them ask the question "Does it exist?" as if they were asking the next person. At the end of the film I recorded various places in my school and [...]

My Personal Censor

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

I learned about my first amendment rights in school, and ironically this is where I learned about the subtle, and not so subtle ways in which they are breached. This video focuses on the way young and malleable brains internalize censorship. The visual metaphor is a series of dark looming figures which appear behind students when they are shamed for [...]

The Search for Passion

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

Our film is a look into the lives of the youth that participate in competitve forensics, and how that activity serves as a method of communication. We both chose this as our representation of free speech in school because of the amount of freedom that the activity provides. We believe that speech and debate is a great tool to voice [...]

Have We Learned Anything?

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

The theme Free Speech In School (Does It Exist?) was something I felt very personally attached to, having experienced first hand that it does not. Our high school still restricts our freedom of speech rights like they\'ve never heard of Tinker v. Des Moines. I am planning on majoring in film, so I thought this contest would be a good [...]

Freedom in Schools: Does it Exist?

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

Hi! My name is Rachel Victor. When I found out about this contest, I was really excited, because "Freedom in Schools" is a topic that I'm really interested in. I wanted to find out whether or not students whose views were politically incorrect were discriminated against. What I found out shocked me. All across America there are those whose freedom [...]

Free Speech in School

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

Free Speech in School is a documentary based on several interviews that I conducted on The Northern Arizona University campus. I chose this topic because I believe that students who are attending college can bring new ideas ,thoughts ,and idealogies through the use of their right to free speech. I strongly believe that the use and practice of free speech [...]

One and only

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

we choose to do a music video because people remember songs easier than a documentary, that people get words to songs stuck in their heads and then they can really listen to the meaning of them. That we also wanted to show our creativity and how much we think that freedom of speech in public schools is censored so it [...]

A Promised Freedom-Within Reach

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

Many people today think that the reality of Freedom of Speech, especially within the school system, is a joke. This video seeks to claim the positive side of our promised right, and give an example of how freedom of speech is actually "within reach". The setting is a small public school in Columbus Ohio, called Metro High School. Metro has [...]

Freedom?

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

Well there is a debate one whether there is freedom of speech. I decided to bring up questions from both sides of the argument. I decided to make it a single shot. The final shot of the floor was to use the cracks on the floor around the flag as a metaphor for problems around the United States.

Walden and Free Speech

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

In September, Walden Green School students came together to create something big. I think that this is he best example of the true meaning of "freedom of speech"- getting your voice heard. If my school didn't let our organization form rallies, petition for climate change, and make cool videos like this one, we might not have been the grassroots underdog [...]

In Their Own Words

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

My film takes a short, punchy look at some of the varied opinions on freedom of speech in school. When I realized that I didn't have a strong opinion of my own that I could properly express, I decided to interview my peers and present their views. I also encouraged them to share their thoughts on free speech at our [...]

Voiceless

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

I was inspired by the movie \"Metropolis\". With its same machine-like premise I couldn\'t think of a better image student oppression could be modeled to. Though I was under a strict movie run time ( 4 Minutes ), I feel that I addressed what I think students experience day by day in school. A withdrawal of free speech. The tape [...]

Your First Amendment is Showing…

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

"Your Amendment is showing" is short film that demonstrates that students should have the ability to say how the feel without being persecuted for it. Although the First Amendment states that we as citizens have freedom of speech, it never said that we must abide by it with certain guidelines. Amy is a Student who feels that her teacher is [...]

“The Voiceless”

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

Kids voices are shut down in school(s) daily. The Tinker vs. Des Moines case, where the Supreme Court voted in favor for the rights of students was to change all of this. But is that the case? "The Voiceless" demonstrates students who have had just about enough of the daily silent torture.

Life Stepped In

By |2016-01-15T11:55:07-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

My experimental piece explores the mental troubles faced with drug addiction. Drugs are a major problem and our community and schools but such a video (like this) would not be show it schools because its too "suggestive". Creativity like this showed be praised and used in the class room as a new method of reaching out to the students. My [...]

Freedom Thieves

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

My film is based on the past and present lack of "Freedom of Speech" found within the school systems. It covers Supreme Court cases that had a profound impact on the world of free speech in school, yet they did not do enough to satisfy what I believe constitutes "Free Speech". My inspiration for taking the angle can be traced [...]

SPEAK UP!

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

"SPEAK UP!" is a film based around a plot of all these students in a class room with signs on their necks, all connecting to the idea that all these kids are afraid to speak up because they are afraid of getting in trouble for exercising there freedom of speech in school. Then a teacher of one class is trying [...]

Two Worlds

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

We chose the topic we did because we felt the several different aspects of it represented freedom of speech as a whole. First, freedom of speech is about expressing one self on a personal level. We felt that "following" a student at school would give that personal feeling. Next, we incorporated scenes of people protesting the Vietnam War because we [...]

Free Speech in Public Schools

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

I chose freedom of speech in public schools because I feel that it gets over looked. Teachers and students feel that they can not always express their opinions and thoughts for fear that they will get in trouble. This documentary shows where we are at now with freedom of speech in schools and how far we have come since Tinker [...]

Outside The Box

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

This is a short film that deals with freedom of speech in school. Two students try to bring reform to their classroom so the students can think freely. They must accomplish this while in an environment where the teacher is suppressive and oppressive of all of his students thoughts and ideas. I chose to create a story of this topic [...]

Common [Censored]

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

Common Censored is crafted around one central monologue performed by many voices. In the background plays famous footage from the fall of the Berlin Wall, MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech at the feet of the Lincoln Memorial, anti-war protest marches of the 60s, and Tiananmen Square. These were all instances in the past when the freedom of speech (or [...]

Rolando Medina: Is There Freedom of Speech in School?

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

My film includes different perspectives from students at Burnet High School discussing the question of freedom of speech in public schools. I chose this topic because sometimes I cannot express myself or my religion at school and I find it frustrating. It was interesting to see other views of this topic at school.

Express Yourself!

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

My film is a documentary style video that reveals college students' responses to whether or not free speech exists in school. After hearing from the students, my personal theme of the film is illustrated as to be "express yourself." I added a few musical touches to the film because I think music strengthens any film and cultivates interest among the [...]

My Own Voice

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

In my film, I chose to focus on the effects of censorship in schools. It shows how today the subject of free speech is approached as a series of questions concerning the present and the future. Technically, there is free speech, but is it free if there are consequences? If things do not change, the only thing that will spread [...]

Censored

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 23rd, 2009|Videos|

Two students and an anonymous teacher voice their opinions of the first amendment in public schools. A combination of media effects combine to present the lack of freedom in schools, and personal stories form a strong case.

REVOLUTION

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 22nd, 2009|Videos|

Revolution is a "mockumentary" style short film which looks at the theme of Freedom of Speech in Schools in a quirky, satirical way. In it, two young filmmakers set out to find unique students who can express their views on their school and its treatment of the aforementioned theme. They decide on an art class in a Phoenix high school, [...]

Outside the Box

By |2016-01-15T11:55:08-05:00October 22nd, 2009|Videos|

This draw it's inspiration from one of my old teachers Mr. Ray Archer who taught us to question everything and to always think for ourselves. I feel that the film is reminicant of the old Pink Floyd music videos as it requires a willing suspension of disbelief. The prompt for this contest ignited the idea for the project, but I [...]

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