The Youth Documentary Academy (YDA) trains young people how to locate stories from their lived experiences and direct their own documentary films. In a two-month summer intensive, students learn all aspects of documentary filmmaking from professional filmmakers, faculty and guest artists. YDA is Emmy-award winning and airs a series on PBS nationally called, Our Time.
Industry
Movies, Videos, and Sound
HQ Location
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, US
Expertise
Documentary filmmakingStorytelling from lived experiencesProfessional filmmaking instruction
Solutions
Documentary film training programSummer intensive documentary filmmaking courseEmmy-award winning documentary series on PBS