TUESDAY NOV 13 7 PM

A career exposure program created and operated in partnership with
local employers is helping to positively change young lives.

Tonight, as part of the 34th Northwest Film & Video Festival, the
Northwest Film Center premieres a new film created by teenagers in the
juvenile justice system about this effort, and the way it has affected
their own aspirations for the future.

YOUNG FILMMAKERS PROGRAM PREMIERE
SECOND CHANCE
US 2007
FREE ADMISSION

In the spring and summer of 2007, the Northwest Film Center's Young
Filmmakers Program partnered with the Multnomah County Department of
Community Justice, Juvenile Services Division, Worksystems, Inc., and
the Regional Arts & Culture Council/Multnomah County Percent for Art
Program on an innovative project that provided an opportunity for
teenagers involved in the juvenile justice system to make a film about
a career exposure program for Portland area at-risk youth.  The
program was created and operated in partnership with local employers.

Working with filmmakers Brian Lindstrom and Brian Yazzie, the youth
focused their cameras on the positive experiences of peers learning
about the diverse career pathways available to them in healthcare,
hospitality, public service, manufacturing and construction.  As the
story unfolds, their own personal testimonials are interwoven into the
narrative, and the youth filmmakers begin to imagine and experience
positive change in their own lives and futures.

Tonight, with the young filmmakers in attendance, we witness and
celebrate their stories of inspiration and transformation, and
acknowledge the individuals, employers, organizations and public
agencies who are working together to positively change young lives in
our community.

FREE ADMISSION
(45 mins.)

Our thanks to the Regional Arts & Culture Council/Multnomah County
Percent for Art Program, Oregon Youth Authority, Multnomah County
Department of Community Justice, Worksystems, Inc., US Department of
Labor, Mount Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, Starbucks Foundation,
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, Oregon Arts Commission and National
Endowment for the Arts for making this program possible.

Northwest Film Center Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum:
1219 SW Park Ave.
FREE ADMISSION