Episodes of New Lens
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Birds and the bees
A group of young teens felt like they needed to have their opinions heard
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Release date
Jul 27, 2011
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Runtime
09:43
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Free Minds Free People
This documentary was filmed in Providence Rhode Island to showcase how young people portray the school system.
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Release date
Jul 26, 2011
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Runtime
04:26
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Peer-2-peer Education Project
New Lens worked with a total of 39 youth educators to help them implement change they wanted to see in their schools. Students chose a wide variety of initiatives. One chose to do an exchange program between a private and public school, another chose to teach media literacy while another created a college information session for juniors who typically don't get college information until their senior year. Our peer educators came from various schools throughout Baltimore and reached a total of 8...
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Release date
Jul 22, 2011
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Runtime
07:38
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Healthy Relationships Begin With You
This video was created by youth as an answer to common questions and problems in relationship. This video gives a youth perspective on what a healthy relationship is and how one can achieve a healthy relationship.
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Release date
Oct 6, 2009
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Runtime
12:34
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NO HOMO
Spurred by homophobia rampant in teen culture, a group of young people in Baltimore City explores fear and prejudice toward homosexuality. Youth filmmakers invite their peers to reflect on their experiences with homophobia and how family, friends, religion and gender norms shape their ideas about sexual orientation. This documentary short blends lively conversation and everyday scenes from the lives of young people to expose how prevalent and harmful homophobic attitudes are and how they impac...
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Release date
Jun 23, 2011
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Runtime
08:35
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Need For Power
This video explores the difference between flirting and sexual harassment. The piece features an interview with a woman who was harassed on her job and teens expressing their experiences with navigating the line between unwanted and wanted attention.
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Release date
Jul 22, 2011
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Runtime
13:07
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Education From the Ground UP
Education From The Ground Up explores the challenges in the educational system today, the solutions to the systematic inequality that exists and the role that young people have in fighting for change.
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Release date
Mar 31, 2010
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Runtime
04:32
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Going Green to Change the Scene
This video was created for the Safe Healing Foundations summer program called the Baltimore Youth Apprenticeship Program (BYAP). New Lens helped the program to document their work and show what can happen when you apply green principles to urban communities.
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Release date
Oct 16, 2009
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Runtime
02:19
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CHOICES
Choices was made during the summer of 2009 by a group of youth, led by New Lens instructors, at the Safe Healing's BYAP program in Baltimore City. This video is a response to the everyday obstacles Baltimore City youth encounter and how they respond to these obstacles.
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Release date
Oct 6, 2009
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Runtime
07:17
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Embracing Change
This video was created for the St.Vincent Services childcare agency, in Brooklyn, New York. The video is designed to explore the affects of The Next Level (TNL) program which helps foster care youth navigate their lives as they age out of the system.
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Release date
Oct 6, 2009
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Runtime
10:28
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