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Welcome to WHYY Afterschool: A Youth Project of the Learning Lab at WHYY
The Afterschool program incorporates video production training, media literacy, and community activism, as students create videos on a topic important to them and their communities. Through the video production process, the youth learn to view media critically and develop the leadership, team-building, and creative skills needed for 21st-century success.
For a behind the scenes look at WHYY Afterschool, check out this video diary created by a program interns.
 Teen Streets
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Created during the 2006-2007 school year by students at Northeast High School and Girard College, this documentary examines the problem of teen homelessness in the city of Philadelphia, where roughly 1,000 teens sleep in shelters each night. The filmmakers, teens themselves, spoke with teens who have been homeless, as well as the professionals who battle the problem every day.
 Street Music
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This experimental short combines original poetry, the music of street musicians, and images of Philly's Center Square to paint a vivid picture of our city during evening rush hour. It was produced in the 2006-2007 school year by students from CAPA and Masterman, as well as one student who was homeschooled.
 Interracial Relationships
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This documentary explores the current level of acceptance of interracial friendships and relationships at one Philadelphia public high school. It was produced over the 2006-2007 school year by students at Roxborough High School.
 Ghosts. Do They Exist?
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In this exploratory piece, a group of teens from Central High School and Parkway Center City High School interviewed members of the public to gauge levels of belief in the paranormal and to see if they could hear some good ghost stories. The video was created during the 2006-2007 school year.
 Drive
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Over the '05-'06 school year, a group of Philadelphia teens gathered twice a week at the WHYY studios to create "Drive: 5 movies on young Philly artists." The collection of short documentaries follows five groups of performers as they struggle to define success.
 Growing Up Philly
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Twelve teens from Audenreid High School collaborated on this short documentary during Spring 2005. Watch as they reveal what it's really like to grow up in their corner of the city.
Truancy Videos
Between January and May of 2004, 12 Philadelphia teens met twice a week at Houston Community Center in South Philadelphia to create two short documentaries through WHYY's Afterschool program. A collaboration between WHYY and United Communities Southeast Philadelphia.
The teens produced two short documentaries tackling the topic of truancy. The first, "School Ain't Cool When You're Stressin'," examines the link between personal stress and truancy. The second, "School's Out," focuses on school environment as the cause.
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