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Teach Film To Kids In Africa, Asia & Latin America

We send volunteer filmmakers overseas for 1 year to teach kids how to make their own media projects.

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Teach Film To Kids In Africa, Asia & Latin America

Teach Film To Kids In Africa, Asia & Latin America

Teach Film To Kids In Africa, Asia & Latin America

Teach Film To Kids In Africa, Asia & Latin America

Teach Film To Kids In Africa, Asia & Latin America

We send volunteer filmmakers overseas for 1 year to teach kids how to make their own media projects.

We send volunteer filmmakers overseas for 1 year to teach kids how to make their own media projects.

We send volunteer filmmakers overseas for 1 year to teach kids how to make their own media projects.

We send volunteer filmmakers overseas for 1 year to teach kids how to make their own media projects.

FILMMAKERS WITHOUT BORDERS
FILMMAKERS WITHOUT BORDERS
FILMMAKERS WITHOUT BORDERS
FILMMAKERS WITHOUT BORDERS
1 Campaign |
NEW YORK, United States
$11,017 USD by 50 backers
$10,957 USD by 48 backers on Jul 1, 2015

Think of it as PeaceCorps for filmmakers. We send filmmakers and media educators overseas to teach filmmaking and media literacy to underserved students for 1 full year. Our mission is to provide opportunities for cultural exchange and to empower students to tell their own stories. Check out our VIDEOS!


OUR STORY // After years of teaching media to students across the US, our team decided it was time to help filmmakers and art educators share their skills with overseas communities. First we founded a nonprofit organization. Then, we assembled  a team of educators, artists, and international development specialists to help send volunteer filmmakers abroad for 1 full year. 

OUR TEAM // Our collective work experience includes the Tribeca Film Institute, the United NationsEducational Video CenterFrank Sinatra School of the ArtsCharlotte Street FilmsResults 4 Development (R4D) Institute, and the NYC Department of Education

US-BASED COLLABORATORS // New York Public LibraryThe Young Women's Leadership NetworkGlobal PotentialGlobal Kids, Gallup McKinley School District (American Indian Reservation)

OVERSEAS PARTNERS ORGANIZATIONS // The Bhutan FoundationChildren For Change Cambodia (CCC)Volunteer Initiative Nepal, The FutureSense Foundation, The Mayatan Foundation, The Early Learning Center Thimphu, Asian University for Women, Volunteer Morocco, Ibn Zohr University

OVERSEAS SCHOOLS // Nepal Rastriya Higher Secondary School, Nepal Rastriya Higher Secondary School/College, Shwet Ganesh Community School, Engilang'et Nursery and Primary School, Naurei Primary School, Olbak Primary School (Massai Village), Ban Pangew Government Primary School, Ban Papong Government Primary School, Wat Nong Bua: Buddhist Monastery School, Pa Pae Hilltribe Village Community School, Agadir Secondary School, Palampur Secondary School

We send filmmakers to teach students in underserved communities across BangladeshBhutanCambodiaHondurasIndia, Navajo Indian Reservation (US), MoroccoNepal, PeruTanzania, and Thailand.

HOW WE DO IT // We partner directly with schools and community organizations in developing countries. FWB educators work directly with youth in overseas classrooms 6 hours/day, 4 days/week for 1 year. We provide participants with curriculum, cameras, and equipment and we cover the cost of flights, housing, food, and insurance. 

Our curriculum uses all aspects of the filmmaking process as a means for promoting cross cultural exchange, creative empowerment, and digital storytelling. All projects are student-centered and aligned with Common CoreISTE, and NYC Moving Image Blueprint curriculum standards. 

Students learn the following skills:

  • Storytelling Techniques
  • Creative Writing
  • Photography & Storyboarding
  • Film Production (Shooting/Framing)
  • Audio & Sound Design
  • Editing & Post-Production
  • Interviewing Techniques
  • Leadership/Communication

Examples of student projects include...

  • Film Scripts
  • Short Documentary Films
  • Short Narrative Films
  • Experimental Films
  • Photography Projects
  • Audio Projects
  • Multimedia Projects
  • Student Film Festival & Community Screenings

At the end of each year-long overseas program, students organize a large-scale community screening/film festival of their own short films.  Local friends, family, and neighbors all have an opportunity to see FWB students' hard work and to engage with students' ideas. Additionally, FWB organizes a film festival back in NYC to showcase student work to an international audience. 

Our team works directly with overseas partner communities to ensure the promotion of culturally specific and sustainable educational practices. Additionally, our Director of Cultural Sustainability works closely with students' families, neighbors, and local community leaders to infuse local knowledge into all FWB curriculum and identifies opportunities for community empowerment. 


Using Skype, Google Docs, and other digital tools, our team connects NYC students with youth in overseas communities. Students work together to make short film projects and learn about each others' culture. Check out this collaboration produced by students in the Bronx & Nairobi. 

FWB works with partner organizations across 11 different countries and fully-funds filmmakers to travel, live, and teach overseas for 1 year. Your donation will help cover the cost of roundtrip international flights, housing and food (12 months), local transportation, evacuation insurance, cameras, laptops, and additional equipment.

FWB is 100% donor supported.

From seeing their ideas up on the big screen to learning from passionate and engaging educators (who traveled half way around the world just for them), your contribution will make a meaningful impact in the lives of underserved students. Thank you so much for helping us to empower the next generation of digital storytellers!

- The FWB Team 

(Alissa, Beth, Corey, Dena, Emilia, Kevin, Pedro, Philip, & Vivianne)

Board of Directors: LeMarie Loreano, Caits Meissner, Eileen Newman, Gideon Rafel-Frankel, Juan Rubio, Monique Scott, Flonia Telegrafi


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THANK YOU SHOUT-OUT

$10 USD
THANK YOU SHOUT-OUT on Facebook and Twitter in the language of one of our overseas sites. Plus English ;)
5 claimed

HANDWRITTEN THANK YOU NOTE

$25 USD
HANDWRITTEN THANK YOU NOTE from a student in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Honduras, India, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Tanzania, or Thailand (in local language). // And previous reward.
1 claimed

*PERSONALIZED* THANK YOU NOTE

$35 USD
*PERSONALIZED* HANDWRITTEN THANK YOU NOTE from a student in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Honduras, India, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Tanzania, or Thailand (in local language w/ translation). // And all previous rewards.
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STUDENT-AUTOGRAPHED SCRIPT

$50 USD
STUDENT-AUTOGRAPHED SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY from students(s) in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Honduras, India, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Tanzania, or Thailand. // And all previous rewards.
5 claimed

CONNECTED CLASSROOMS DVD

$75 USD
CONNECTED CLASSROOMS DVD // FWB helps students in NYC connect/collaborate with overseas students to co-create short films together (using Skype, GoogleDocs, etc.) We'll send you a DVD of their collaborative films. // And all previous rewards.
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DVD of STUDENT FILMS

$100 USD
DVD of STUDENT FILMS from 1 country (choose Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Honduras, India, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Tanzania, or Thailand). // And all previous rewards.
1 claimed

DVD OF ALL STUDENT FILMS

$250 USD
DVD of ALL STUDENT FILMS including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Honduras, India, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand. // And all previous rewards.
2 claimed

VIP ACCESS / FWB FILM FESTIVAL

$500 USD
VIP ACCESS for two people to FWB Student Film Festival in New York City (travel/accommodation not included). // And all previous rewards.
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VIP ACCESS FILMMAKER SCREENING

$750 USD
VIP ACCESS for two people to FWB Filmmaker feature length film premier in New York City (travel/accommodation not included). // And all previous rewards.
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SPECIAL THANKS CREDIT

$1,000 USD
SPECIAL THANKS CREDIT in an FWB filmmaker's independent feature-length film and all student short films. // And all previous rewards. ***All FWB film educators create their own 90 minute independent film in addition to their teaching responsibilities.***
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER CREDIT

$1,250 USD
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER CREDIT in an FWB filmmaker's independent feature-length film and all student short films. // And all previous rewards. ***All FWB film educators create their own 90 minute independent film in addition to their teaching responsibilities.***
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PRODUCER CREDIT

$1,500 USD
PRODUCER CREDIT in FWB filmmaker's independent feature-length film and all student short films. // And all previous rewards. ***All FWB film educators create their own 90 minute independent film in addition to their teaching responsibilities.***
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDIT

$2,500 USD
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDIT in an FWB filmmaker's independent feature-length film and all student short films. // And all previous rewards. ***All FWB film educators create their own 90 minute independent film in addition to their teaching responsibilities.***
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NAMED AS A TOP TIER SUPPORTER

$7,500 USD
NAMED as a TOP TIER SUPPORTER on FWB website, printed/digital promotional materials, and within student & filmmakers' film credits (i.e.: proudly supported by the "Example Foundation" // And all previous rewards.
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