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Journeys Through the Red White and Blue

Author: Educational Video Center

Journeys Through the Red, White & Blue, a documentary produced by a team of New York City youth of color, is specifically designed to address the interests and concerns of their peers. Blending humor, plain-spoken language, civics lessons, and interviews with friends, family members, local political leaders and community activists, this engaging documentary puts a face on "the youth vote." Following the stories of Brian, Shon, and Tidiane, the films offer three unique explorations into the voting process: on the balance between local and national politics, on the legacy of African American voting rights, and on the rights and possibilities for immigrant participation.

DMU Timestamp: January 02, 2017 19:32

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:10AM) : So Brian wants to know what president does, how the electoral college works, and if his vote counts. [Edited] more Tags: writingquestions

Really? These sound like schooly, researchable questions. I’m not convinced that these come from his interests.

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Jan 13

Tomasia Kastner Tomasia Kastner (Jan 13 2017 4:39PM) : This was a great way to get students to research the 2008 election. Relevant as ever now, too.

Jan 13

shirley rodriguez shirley rodriguez (Jan 13 2017 4:42PM) : Agree!

Jan 14

Keenan Houser Keenan Houser (Jan 14 2017 10:10AM) : After the voting process is summarized by Brian, it would be interesting to hear students' impressions of the election controversies surrounding GWB in 2001 and DJT this past November, because they're young. Do they think these controversies are important more

Or why do they think these controversies happened at all? It would also be interesting to see where students/citizens choose to get their information about politics (if any do) and which sources of information they trust, in these times of media inundation.

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Jan 13

Stephen Hess Stephen Hess (Jan 13 2017 4:35PM) : Audio overlap more

I think it’s really strong to have the audio overlap as the messages appear on screen. It also points to the idea that media tries to overwhelm the public with information, and it can be hard to not be influenced in a particular way. It’s a call to be critical about the media’s voice.

Jan 13

Tomasia Kastner Tomasia Kastner (Jan 13 2017 4:42PM) : I agree, this is one of the strongest moments of this piece so far

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Tomasia Kastner Tomasia Kastner (Jan 13 2017 4:42PM) : I find it hard to look at GWB without wanting to critique his presidency. It's refreshing that this youth is able to simply use him as a vehicle for exploring the electoral process itself

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:13AM) : So yeah, this list of things the president does sounds like it was cribbed from the Internet, and read. [Edited] more Tags: writingquestions

I feel like we’re listening to a young man struggling to break through to something that is important to him through this research.

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Jan 13

Tomasia Kastner Tomasia Kastner (Jan 13 2017 4:43PM) : I like the animation, it mixes up the elements of presentation making the piece come to life

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Jan 20

Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:15AM) : One of the ways the electoral college is unfair... more

Did we establish this? Brian is giving supporting evidence for a claim he hasn’t made.

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Jan 13

shirley rodriguez shirley rodriguez (Jan 13 2017 4:37PM) : I like the way this was presented. I appreciate the sketches as well as the equation as a way of visually explaining the topic.

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Zac Rudge Zac Rudge (Jan 13 2017 4:30PM) : Love this guy, so approachable!

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Stephen Hess Stephen Hess (Jan 13 2017 4:43PM) : this guy more

What is this?

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:17AM) : Gore won the Presidency because Bush won the Electoral College vote? [Edited] more Tags: writingquestions

What about the Supreme Court’s decision to not allow a recount of the votes in Florida? Brian’s statements here feel uncomfortably incomplete.

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Keenan Houser Keenan Houser (Jan 20 2017 12:20AM) : I had no idea this existed, I wonder how long this movement has been around.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:19AM) : What being implemented? [Edited] more Tags: writingquestions

Such a cursory question! Where are the details here? What are they really fighting for? Would it be done by changing state laws, by changing how the Electoral College works or eliminating it?

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:20AM) : Brian says that he wants to get his vote out to the government. more

Voting is one of the weakest ways of doing this.

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Keenan Houser Keenan Houser (Jan 13 2017 4:47PM) : Nice group survey, I like the idea of citizens having a random open forum about this topic matter. more

Great tactic for illustrating the democracy of the subject matter.

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Stephen Hess Stephen Hess (Jan 13 2017 4:41PM) : Voting [Edited] more

I agree with these guys!
**Maybe this comment is too politically charged? I wrote this thinking, let me edit it later, because I’m not sure if I should share any personal views or comments. What do you guys think??

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shirley rodriguez shirley rodriguez (Jan 13 2017 4:40PM) : The music is distracting me. Perhaps it's the volume?

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Keenan Houser Keenan Houser (Jan 14 2017 9:23AM) : Agreed! more

Generally speaking, I think background music in documentaries needs to be kept to a very low volume when the dialogue is the main focus. Even at nearly quiet volumes, people will still recognize the music’s role in livening up the scene, while not taking away from the message of what’s being stated. Common mistake.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:24AM) : Brian interviews friends about "politics," and they have quick answers. At the end one of them begins to talk about gentrification, suggesting that the government is fixing things because people are moving in... [Edited] more Tags: writingquestions

Again, as a viewer I’m starving for what this scene suggests: that youth have important questions and ideas about what is happening in their neighborhood, and that they can build on each others insights to make sense of the political situation they are living in.

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shirley rodriguez shirley rodriguez (Jan 13 2017 4:42PM) : I enjoy how he reflects upon his feelings after conducting the interview with his friends.

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Jan 20

Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:26AM) : Brian interviews his mother. more

Why? I’d like Brian to give his own reasons for wanting to include his mother in this video.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:28AM) : NICE! That's the government... more

Love how these clips work, wondering where it’s going to go. Still, I worry about how outside -literally and figurative - Brian feels in these scenes.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:30AM) : I like the way Brian is getting questions from his friends here. more

The video is about making the video, which has an appeal, but would it be possible to be actually doing something and have the video follow you doing that?

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Keenan Houser Keenan Houser (Jan 14 2017 9:44AM) : I feel like this would have been a great opportunity for a group session with some of the friends/family members who submitted questions for the Councilman more

What I am suggesting might be too hard to coordinate, but even if there were new people with questions for the Councilman brought along for this interview segment, a moment where Councilman Martinez has an open discussion with our host Brian and local citizens could have been very compelling. Thoughts?

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shirley rodriguez shirley rodriguez (Jan 19 2017 2:03PM) : Interesting way of editing a cut. Interesting for a younf audience.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:32AM) : What are the local needs?!? more

I feel frustrated by not knowing what Brian’s issues are.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:34AM) : Anti-violence, affordable housing, fostering cultural unity and power... more

Brian is looking at his next question. Is he listening? Does he care about any of these issues?

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:35AM) : Amen! Youth action should come behind something they believe! more

So should videos.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:38AM) : Now Brian is explaining how the process of making the video got his connected and caring, brought him toward finding an interest to get involved with. more

I’m listening, and I’m open to accept that the making of a video can be the process of finding your interest, but what if you come to the making with a passion?

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:40AM) : That's what I'm looking for: a passionate, personal question.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:42AM) : Seeing this method -- of putting the candidates inside of television screens -- then commenting on them helps me see how this strategy is working in the inquiry process, and, at the same time the differences from Brian to Shon are interesting.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:43AM) : Again WHY? Why interview your dad?

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:45AM) : Do we get to learn why Barak is better?

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:48AM) : Pretty wonderful! [Edited] Tags: writingquestions

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:49AM) : Loving these interviews... but the background is distracting!

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:50AM) : Does it really work like this? I'm feeling a bit cynical.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:51AM) : Shon gets it! And he's listening.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:52AM) : Still haven't heard why Shon is for Obama.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:53AM) : Nice. Now we have a video being made around something being done!

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:55AM) : Shon is ready to make an argument.

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Paul Allison Paul Allison (Jan 20 2017 8:55AM) : Like what Shon? What are the issues?!?

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