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in support of free expression
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YFEN
Annual Film Contest
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2004 Film Contest Winners
Over 100 young filmmakers from around the country entered films on the topic, What do you think of the state of free speech and democracy in the United States?
1st Place: "C: None of the Above," a narrative film by the 2004 Youth Sounds Factory Summer Program in Oakland California. After a series of intense discussions on the various forms of censorship that affect their lives, nine youth created a blocked-out world that delves into issues of diversity, dissidence and societal rejection.
2nd Place: "If this is the will of God... who needs God?", a documentary about a censorship incident at Clarkstown High School in New City, New York involving a piece of student artwork. Filmmakers Carly Wolff and Laura Caccavo noted "Even if a person's beliefs are controversial or unpopular, they should still be allowed, by basic human right, to make them known. We hope that the story we tell in our documentary will motivate students whose artwork, as well as other forms of expression, has been censored to protest, and not take no for an answer."
3rd Place: "The Censor," an experimental music video in which director Joseph Holliday of Granada Hills, California examines the concept of free speech and free thought in the information age. According to Joseph, "The so-called 'news' television channels offer little more than the point of view of the CEOs of the company and these days even newspapers are largely pointless drabble. I think that we as a society need to voice what we believe, and that isn't going to be handed to us by a television station or be in a commercial."
Semi-Finalists
Jesse Rope of Idaho Falls, Idaho for "Boom!"
Ryan Nees of Kokomo, Indiana for "Breakdown of Democracy"
Joel Walkowski & Dan Lawlor of Dearborn, Michigan for "Ad Nation"
Riley Harmon of Shawnee, Oklahoma for "Utopia"
Christopher Kirkendall of Douglasville, Georgia for "Bush Masquerade"
Alex Lotz of Eureka, Missouri for "The Patriot Act & You"
Katherine McCurdy, of Newburgh, New York for "Democracy?"
George Chen of Cupertino, California for "The Plight of the Rogue"
Julio Almanza of Los Angeles, California for "Freedom & Democracy Through The Ages"
Rebecca Rojer of Maplewood, New Jersey for "Distracted"
David Yoon of Holmdel, New Jersey for "The Party"
Joel Higgins of Bowling Green, Kentucky for "America Today"
Anna Marie Pennisi of Moorestown, New Jersey for "Intended Exposure"
Kaitlin Murphy & Scott Rohrer of Beavercreek, Ohio for "Be American"
Amelia Peterson of Omaha, Nebraska for "Simon Says"
John Tyson of West Hartford, Connecticut for "Stars & Stripes Forever"
Judges
* Author Judy Blume, who has sold more than 75 million copies of her classic children's books, including Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and Superfudge
* Producer and director Lawrence Blume, whose work includes Martin & Orloff
* Historical documentarian Ric Burns, best known for the epic PBS series New York
* Art curator Nina Felshin, who teaches art and politics at Wesleyan University
* Playwright Tony Kushner, who won a Pulitzer and two Tony Awards for Angels in America
* Filmmaker Daniel Polin, president of Great Projects Film Company
* Director Alex Rivera, whose work includes The Sixth Section and Why Cybraceros?
* Artist Dread Scott, who has endured numerous censorship battles over his work
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