Do It Your Damn Self Film Festival

The Community Art Center cordially invites you to the 12th ANNUAL "DO IT YOUR DAMN SELF!!" National Youth Video and Film Festival. November 14 - 16, 2008

"We realized that if you want something done, 'you gotta do it or damn self.' So the mission of our festival was, is, and always will be to give youth producers like us a place to be heard."

Check out the trailer on YouTube or visit www.didys.org for more information.

Come and experience Youth Film in person!

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Friday November 14, 2008

SCHOOL SCREENING

Reserve space NOW for this event! Contact Lumina at 617- 868-7100 ext. 14)

• 10am - 2pm School Screening and Teacher Workshops @ Boston Public Library (700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, MA)

• Youth Panel Discussion moderated by Susan Richards, Director of Agenda for Children, Cambridge, MA

• Teacher Workshops Lead by Joe Douilette, Fast Forward Program Director, The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

• 2pm - 6pm Tours of Cambridge (for Youth Producers and their guests only)

• 7pm - 12pm Meet and Greet Pizza and Dance Party @ Community Art Center (119 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA)

Saturday November 15, 2008

FOR YOUTH PRODUCERS

• 10pm - 12pm Teambuilding Activities (for Youth Producers and their guests with Youth Underground teens) @ Central Square Theater (450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA) Conducted by: Sejal Patel & Dan Owusu of the Community Art Center with Maggie Moore-Abdow of Underground Railway Theater Company

FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES

• 1pm - 3pm CommUNITY MEDIA DAY @ Central Square Theater (450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA)

• DIYDS JR Screening

• Presentation of short film, The Dancing Chickens of Ventura Fabian, by visiting artist Nina Hassin

• Creative Media Workshops & Stations for Youth & Families

FOR EVERYONE

• 7pm - 9pm PREMIERE SCREENING @ MIT Wong Auditorium (Building E51 (Tang Center), 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA)

• 9:30pm - 12pm PREMIERE PARTY @ MIT Morss Hall (Building 50 (Walker Memorial), 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA)

Sunday November 16, 2008

• 10am - 12pm Farewell Breakfast for all youth producers @ Community Art Center (119 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA)