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Our Time

OUR TIME is a series produced by youth in partnership with professional documentary filmmakers. Films in the series feature character-driven stories that address social issues ranging from racial inequity to identity politics and everything in-between - all through the eyes of young people. Working hand-in-hand with award-winning, nationally recognized filmmakers and television producers, these young students produce high-caliber, emotionally driven, first-person narratives that derive from their own lived experiences.

Our Time  
  • Ptsd and Mental Illness
    Friday, May 2
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Over one million veterans in the United States are suffering from PTSD. We rarely hear stories about mental illness through the lens of young people whose parents are suffering. Filmmakers Bailey Francisco and Madison Goddard tackle PTSD and bipolar disorder head-on as they recount their experiences and the ways in which they were forced to bear the brunt of their parents' conditions.
  • Ptsd and Mental Illness
    Sunday, May 4
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Over one million veterans in the United States are suffering from PTSD. We rarely hear stories about mental illness through the lens of young people whose parents are suffering. Filmmakers Bailey Francisco and Madison Goddard tackle PTSD and bipolar disorder head-on as they recount their experiences and the ways in which they were forced to bear the brunt of their parents' conditions.
  • Hair and Self Image
    Friday, May 9
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Hair can shape our identities or it can challenge the very notion of how we define beauty. Filmmakers Shaienne Knox and Isabella Recca examine the role hair plays in their lives and communities. In Out of Our Heads, 16-year-old Knox explores the ways in which African American girls and women style their hair. In Bella, 17-year-old Isabella Recca tests her own beauty standards by shaving her head.
  • Hair and Self Image
    Sunday, May 11
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Hair can shape our identities or it can challenge the very notion of how we define beauty. Filmmakers Shaienne Knox and Isabella Recca examine the role hair plays in their lives and communities. In Out of Our Heads, 16-year-old Knox explores the ways in which African American girls and women style their hair. In Bella, 17-year-old Isabella Recca tests her own beauty standards by shaving her head.
  • Teen Mental Health + Suicide Prevention
    Friday, May 16
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10 and 24. Filmmakers Madison Legg and Teìa Santos, both 17, discuss the issue in their films Under the Wire and Surviving. Legg confronts her younger brother who recently attempted suicide. After attempting suicide herself, Santos confronts her parents who were forced to admit their daughter into a psychiatric hospital.
  • Teen Mental Health + Suicide Prevention
    Sunday, May 18
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10 and 24. Filmmakers Madison Legg and Teìa Santos, both 17, discuss the issue in their films Under the Wire and Surviving. Legg confronts her younger brother who recently attempted suicide. After attempting suicide herself, Santos confronts her parents who were forced to admit their daughter into a psychiatric hospital.
  • Immigration
    Friday, May 23
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    New immigrants face steep challenges coming to the U.S. Often, though, it's the children of immigrants who find themselves caught between the traditions of their parents and the new norms in which they live. Filmmakers Josh Sun and Yolande Morrison navigate two very different worlds: living up to their parents' expectations while carving a uniquely American voice of their own.
  • Immigration
    Sunday, May 25
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    New immigrants face steep challenges coming to the U.S. Often, though, it's the children of immigrants who find themselves caught between the traditions of their parents and the new norms in which they live. Filmmakers Josh Sun and Yolande Morrison navigate two very different worlds: living up to their parents' expectations while carving a uniquely American voice of their own.
  • Intimate Partner Violence and Bullying
    Friday, May 30
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Little research has addressed intimate partner violence among teens. Girls and LGBT youth, report higher levels of dating violence and bullying in their relationships. Filmmaker Rebecca St. John reveals the gritty stages of a domestic violence relationship in middle and high school. Filmmaker Dee Contreras details a life of homophobic bullying, even at the hands of her first girlfriend.
  • Intimate Partner Violence and Bullying
    Sunday, June 1
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Little research has addressed intimate partner violence among teens. Girls and LGBT youth, report higher levels of dating violence and bullying in their relationships. Filmmaker Rebecca St. John reveals the gritty stages of a domestic violence relationship in middle and high school. Filmmaker Dee Contreras details a life of homophobic bullying, even at the hands of her first girlfriend.
  • Self Image & Non-Conformity
    Friday, June 6
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Societal ideals of beauty have promoted images of ultra-thin models resulting in an epidemic of eating disorders. Makayla de la Cruz tackles her life-long battle with weight and body image, while Casey Gurtler eschews the self-policing that young people employ when conforming to societal norms. Both films reveal family and parenting strategies that resist peer conformity.
  • Self Image & Non-Conformity
    Sunday, June 8
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Societal ideals of beauty have promoted images of ultra-thin models resulting in an epidemic of eating disorders. Makayla de la Cruz tackles her life-long battle with weight and body image, while Casey Gurtler eschews the self-policing that young people employ when conforming to societal norms. Both films reveal family and parenting strategies that resist peer conformity.

 

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