We have been so impressed by the outpouring of love, generosity and hard, hard work by so many of our friends & family, fellow filmmakers, educators, and so many complete strangers who believe in us and our project! THANK YOU to all of you that helped us get here! The last few days have been …
Tribeca Film Fellow Finds New Begining in Filmmaking. Check out the article above about Mercedes’ journey with filmmaking and watch her Reel Works Film here:
Last Thursday, Reel Works board member Jessica B. Lee and our other generous board members, hosted the #ReelSpring, Cinema Social + Cocktail Pledge Party to meet new people and gain additional support for our KICKSTARTER Campaign. It was a stylish event, located in hip downtown Brooklyn, complete with lovely wraparound terrace – perfect for one …
The last 22 days have been full of hope and fear of whether or not we will reach our goal on Kickstarter, and now we can finally see the finish line! First of all, it is time to say a big fat THANK YOU to all of you, who have already given and for those who … Continue reading »
It’s been exactly a week since we launched our kickstarter campaign to raise the funds for our “Traveling Film Festival”! In just 5 days we raised nearly 50% of our goal!! BIG THANKS to friends, family, long time supporters and a few strangers for getting us there. We’ve been particularly moved and impressed by the … Continue reading »
A summer plan to take teen filmmakers on a tour to share their stories and inspire youth to take positive action Thousands of New Yorkers have been moved and inspired by the stories of Reel Works teen filmmakers through the weekly broadcasts of our youth-produced series “Reel Works with Avan Jogia” on NYC-Life [Channel 25]. … Continue reading »
After having celebrated the premiere of their films last week, our newest graduates had their last “official” meeting at Reel Works on Tuesday. They were awarded their Reel Works graduation certificates and afterwards, they sat together to have a little get-together with Laurel Gwizdak, Director of Education, Trish Hicks, writing mentor, Zach Lennon-Simon, Teaching Assistant … Continue reading »
Yesterday, Reel Works celebrated its latest and largest graduating class of all time. 14 students mastered the challenges of the Fall 2012 Lab, without having one dropout. Before a full house at the HBO Theater, the newest Reel Works grads presented their films, which they have been working on for the last six months, eagerly … Continue reading »
REEL WORKS IN SCHOOLS brings our award winning workshops to an additional 200 youth per year through partnerships with six middle and high schools citywide. This week, we highlight two middle schools, doing great things - Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies (BSC) in Cobble Hill and PS 323 in Brownsville! Resident teacher, Chris O’Falt has been … Continue reading »
Within only one week, Reel Works has reached two important milestones in our social media activities: only a few days after we reached 1,000 followers on Twitter, we welcomed our 1,000th Facebook friend! This is why we would like to take this occasion to say “Thank You!” to all our subscribers, whether on Facebook, Twitter, … Continue reading »
