Education roundup: High schoolers to compete in videography contest
By The Bakersfield Californian
Thirty-five teams of local high school student videographers will battle Friday and Saturday at East High in a deadline-pressure video contest.
Students from Arvin, West, Frontier, Ridgeview, Centennial, Highland and East high schools will compete in the second annual 18-Hour Film Project. Starting Friday, teams will be assigned a random character, a famous line, a silly prop and a film genre that must be included in a three- to five-minute film they must write, shoot Saturday morning and edit Saturday afternoon in time to submit it for the final presentation at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Finals will start at 7 p.m.
Last year, 20 teams entered with the first-place team taking home $700 in cash and prizes. A sponsor this year are PLCs Plus International Inc., with more sponsors welcome.
More information: www.18hfp.com.
The Bakersfield AIDS Project on Sunday night will host a free screening and discussion of the documentary "Teach Your Children Well," which explores homophobia, bullying and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.
Filmmakers interview parents, teachers, students and professionals from various gay and lesbian groups, and also feature the story of Seth Walsh, a 13-year-old Tehachapi boy who killed himself after repeatedly being bullied at school for being gay.
The film is 39-minutes long and is narrated by actress Lily Tomlin. Doors will open at Nile Theater at 1:30 p.m. and the movie begins at 2 p.m.
A discussion will follow the screening, and feature a guest panel: producer and director Gary Takesian; deputy executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, James Gilliam; William Vanlandingham of The Trevor Project; and Ike Duran of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Bakersfield.
More information: www.teachyourchildrenwell-themovie.com.
-- Jorge Barrientos, Californian staff
For more education news, go to The Californian's education blog, The Grade, at www.bakersfield.com/ thegrade or follow The Grade's Twitter at twitter.com/TBCTheGrade.
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