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"What's with the Hijab"
received a silver Telly Award
"Siblings or Why I wish I were an only child"
received a bronze Telly Award
"Humpty Dumpty"
received a bronze Telly Award

We are very proud that the work is being recognized in such prestigious adult settings.
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Next Step Program
Intensive, 16 week workshop with TVbyGIRLS = COMPLETED
Our first Next Step program, an intensive 16 week workshop for girls who are inspired by the idea of making creative films to share with people around the world, is COMPLETED. Twenty girls (and 6 CORE GIRLS) participated in this intensive program. Scroll down to see their work.
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Greatest Girls films made in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society's Greatest Generation project.
To see these videos scroll down.
 

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+ VIEW VIDEO 		Back
58 sec.
The experience of taking a break from TVbyGIRLS. 		 
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Behind Bullies
3 min.
Trailer. Final documentary to be released Spring '08

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Bottled Up
2 min. 36 sec.
It's the little things that build up until you feel like you want to EXPLODE!
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Breaking Apart
1 min. 50 sec.
Breaking away from friends can be very hard to deal with.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Change
1 min. 32 sec.
Universal relevance about the feeling of change.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Chase
1 min. 42 sec.
A short film about a boy walking to school, but there's a little twist at the end.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Dream Do Believe
1 min. 8 sec
A short about making a change and embracing life's possibilities.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Emotional ADD
3 min.
Take a journey into the mind of a teenage girl. Crazy, busy, and always drama-filled.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		First Kiss
3 min. 43 sec.
A mix of two poems by two girls on the cusp of adolescence.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Go Run
1 min. 43 sec.
The White House Project's mission is to help women be involved in political leadership.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Hanukah
1 min. 07 sec.
A portrait of a family tradition.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Humpty Dumpty
1 min. 14 sec.
Struggles being overwhelmed by issues and to-do's. Feeling helpless in the face of expectations.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		LaDeDa
1 min. 38 sec.
Branching out to join new friends is never easy.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Leaving Behind
2 min. 59 sec.
Reconciling what you are or what you are capable of with expectations.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Mixing Bowl
1 min. 13 sec.
An exploration of my family's Jewish tradition of Passover.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Neighborhood House
5 min. 17 sec.
Inspired by a local center supporting immigrants and families.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		New Orleans
5 min. 33 sec.
Finding hope in the "City of hope."
+ VIEW VIDEO 		New Year Traditions
1 min. 17 sec.
A glimpse of a family tradition.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Night Lights
1 min. 22 sec.
A traditional celebration.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Perfect Friend
5 min. 42 sec.
Choosing to accept the pros and cons about people in order to be friends.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Siblings
4 min. 30 sec.
The "love them / hate them" feelings shared by siblings.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Supul the Witch
4 min. 46 sec.
Supul follows a girl around and the girl begins to accept her disease. Lupus.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		The Change Show
9 min. 35 sec.
Adolescence can feel like being stuck in a crazy game show.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		The Course of Her Key
4 min. 12 sec.
Two Native American girls are talk about men.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		We Don't Let Labels Stick
5 min. 30 sec.
A venture beyond labels to show us what we're missing.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		What's with the Hijab?
8 min. 56 sec.
Inner thoughts of a group of Somali teenage girls about the hijab.
Next Step, 2010 creations
 

+ VIEW VIDEO 		For Serena
1 min. 01 sec.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		For Molly
1 min. 37 sec.
Video coming soon.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		For Miranda
1 min. 28 sec.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		For Hannah
2 min. 14 sec.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		For Kelly
1 min. 45 sec.
Video coming soon.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Love
0 min. 28 sec.
A quick stop motion love story.
MOAPP PSA's (through Next Step, 2010)
 

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Ready to change your social life?
0 min. 37 sec.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Party of Two
0 min. 52 sec.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		A different perspective.
0 min. 44 sec.
+ VIEW VIDEO		 Are you ready?
0 min. 30 sec.
¡Yo,Latina! '09
 

+ VIEW VIDEO

¡Yo,Latina!
5 min. 24 sec.
Peer mentors, Maddy, Hannah & mentor Barbara worked with ¡Yo, Latina to make a video about the
struggles & successes in their lives.


      
Level Two Workshop '09
 

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Live Every Moment
2 min. 13 sec.
A teenager’s life is filled up…so much so that time runs too fast. This piece is a group of girls meditation on how to untie the vines of time.
+ VIEW VIDEO

Common Ground
4 min. 15 sec.
Dogs are better than cats. No cats are better than dogs. Black white, up down, tall short. In this video poem, Common Ground, girls take a dance through opposites …or are they really just the same?

 
B-GIRLS
 

+ VIEW VIDEO 		I Have Arrived
1 min. 14 sec.
A spoken word poem about finding the poetic genius within the cocoon of your old self.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		The Game
1 min. 25 sec.
Life is a game. But love doesn’t always play by the rules. A spoken word poem about figuring it out.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		The Flower
1 min. 20 sec.
A poem about loss. A beloved cousin killed in a senseless act of violence leaves an empty place in the world.
    
WISE Charter School, Wooden Institute for Student Excellence 5 - 6/2009
 

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Be a Leader
2 min. 47 sec.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		How to be a Bully
2 min. 41 sec.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Standing up for U!!
5 min. 20 sec.
A mock newscast exploring tips for teens in how to be true to yourself.
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+ VIEW VIDEO 		dot Your Future: Your Choice
1 min. 14 sec.
We are faced with many choices. The important thing... Each choice impacts our future.
WISE Charter School, Wooden Institute for Student Excellence 2/2010
 

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Angry
2 min. 45 sec.
Angry is red and white and black shifting from one to another.
  
Greatest Girls, a partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society
 

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Dearest Albina
7 min. 54 sec.
Love letters - the glue that held together a relationship while a loved one was away at war.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		Lessons from Bette
6 min. 56 sec.
Contrasts and similarities of growing up in the 30's and now.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Make Me a Promise
4 min. 04 sec.
An exploration in love and marriage over the past half century.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		The Science of Home
6 min. 30 sec.
Speculating the meaning of "homemaker" in the past and present day's society.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		The Wealth of a Penny
9 min. 55 sec.
Edith Davis, an inspiring women who grew up during the depression.
+ VIEW VIDEO 		The Work of Play
7 min. 09 sec.
A look at play in the 30's and today.

+ VIEW VIDEO 		Who is Left
4 min. 14 sec.
The costs of war and its effect on the people surrounding the tragedies.