Pipeline

globalactionproject — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:46:48 -0800

The summer of 2004 saw the lowest youth employment rate in NYC in over two decades. While youth struggle to get a decent education and jobs for teens are at an all-time low, funding for jails and detention centers continue to increase. G.A.P. youth spent the summer exploring this connection and produced a creative reflection on this enduring problem.

Aliens vs. Predator

globalactionproject — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:49:47 -0800

Each year 60,000 undocumented immigrants graduate from high schools across the United States. With recruiters falling short of their targets and casualties mounting in Iraq and Afghanistan, these young people are increasingly being targeted by military recruiters. Aliens Vs Predators is an uncompromising call for justice from a diverse group of young immigrants in New York City.

Three Queer Mice

globalactionproject — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:53:06 -0800

This short animation is a remake of the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice. We find three very queer mice in a lot of trouble when their rights are being violated. Based on real stories.

Corn in the U.S.A

globalactionproject — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:54:56 -0800

This animation follows the journey of Cora the corn as she travels the industrial food production chain and searches for a way out!

Razing NY: The Disappearance of Affordable Housing

globalactionproject — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:57:01 -0800

Razing NY: the Disappearance of Affordable Housing investigates patterns of gentrification throughout four different NYC neighborhoods. Bringing together community residents, organizers, business people and policy makers in the neighborhoods of the Lower East Side, Williamsburg, Bushwick and Fort Greene, youth producers cast their cameras on the politics of race, class and economic development as communities fight to make housing affordable for all.