Community TV Network on MySpace Films - New Films & Documentaries

CTVN was founded in 1974 by Executive Director Denise Zaccardi as a special project of the Alternative Schools Network. Since then, over 8,000 at-risk Chicago youth have graduated from CTVN’s long-term programs, producing insightful media for their communities.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Our mission is to empower low-income young adults and children in Chicago to identify, address, and resolve issues through the use and understanding of digital media arts. By learning how to express themselves through video production, youth gain the opportunity to investigate their cultural roots and think critically about the world they live in while presenting their ideas to a nationwide audience.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Watch "In Their Words," an episode of Community, Media & You, originally aired on CAN TV in Chicago on May 10, 2008. In this episode, Community TV Network Advanced Youth Producers Cedric Hester & Sylvester Raggs, as well as Executive Director, Denise Zaccardi speak up about the real issues for Chicago's urban youth. .....................................

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As applied by the CTVN media-literacy curriculum, video continually proves to be a successful, alternative method of enhancing academic learning, developing essential skills that are prerequisite to success in other subjects. Through production and on-the-job media training, youth develop job skills, leadership abilities, teamwork, organization, time management, visual aptitude, and literacy. ________________

Community TV Network, in collaboration with Alternative Schools Network is thrilled to invite you to view exceptional youth created media at our first ever Chicago Youth Community Film Festival.

Youth participants hail from 12 community based alternative high schools and a multitude of diverse neighborhoods including North Lawndale, Bronzeville, Austin, Rogers Park, Uptown, and Pilsen. These youth have united their unique voices and talents to illuminate a breadth of relevant issues including coping with teen depression, making the right choices in the face of adversity, and putting a stop to youth violence.

This event is an opportunity to bring everyone together to share and celebrate their achievements. Check out the attached flyer for all the details. See you there!____________________________________________________________

Featuring work from students at Bronzeville Academic Center, Academy of Scholastic Achievement, Howard Area Community Center Alternative High School, Jane Addams High School, Lake View Academy, Winnie Mandela, Ada S. McKinley Academy, Sullivan House Alternative High School, Westside Alternative High School, Prologue Learning Center, CCA Academy and Truman Middle College

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