Our screening was yesterday! We didn't have a very good turnout, but I believe the audience really enjoyed the screening. Two of my really good friends from my Ghana trip came out to support which was really nice :)
The best part of the screening was after I showed the documentary I made for Boyz2Men. One of the girls in the audience worked at Gus Garcia Middle School. She was telling me how she knows some of the boys I work with. In addition, she was talking about how much the boys really do enjoy Boyz2Men and how she can see change in the attitudes and behaviors since last semester. She also said the boys rave about the program all the time, and go to the CIS room to hangout with each other even though we don't have meetings on those days. It was such an awesome thing to hear that our group has been a success and more importantly that it had an impact on the boys :) :)
Also, at the end of my documentary I put up a notice looking for people to continue the program next year. I had THREE people come up to me and say they were interested in continuing the program next year. To be honest, I was really worried that the program would fall apart after my group graduated, but it looks like there's a good chance of the group surviving next year :)
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I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the documentary you made. I was so surprised to see so many similarities with the Boys of Baraka and the film especially, how much they appreciate and want these types of after school programs. I can’t wait for the rest of the class to view your film!
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