Arthur Pratt and WeOwnTV

weowntv — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:13:34 -0700

We traveled to Sierra Leone in January/Febuary 2009 on a scouting trip for a community based media workshop we have planned for August/September this year. We are collaborating with Arthur Pratt who works with street kids in the capital city, Freetown. We will be training a group of Sierra Leonean young adults in film/video and storytelling. WeOwnTV has engaged a wide range of participants from young media professionals and students, to ex-combatant, street kids and child prostitutes. The program involves a community-engaged curriculum in which project participants will collaboratively create and produce their own independent media.
http://www.weowntv.org
WeOwnTV is a collaborative media project that promotes self-expression as a way to explore our shared humanity and bridge cultural divides.

Black Nature - Makeni to Bo

weowntv — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:11:47 -0800

WeOwnTV is collaborative media project between documentary filmmakers in the US and ex-combatant and war-weary youth in Africa. WeOwnTV roughly translates In Sierra Leonean Krio to 'Our Own TV'. It is about empowering them them to tell their own stories. We will provide the technical support, encouragement and training to allow these young adults to creatively explore, author, and share their own experiences with the world.

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Arthur Pratt and WeOwnTV

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