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FILMS BYKIDS
My Beautiful Nicaragua
12-year-old Edelsin Mendez conveys the effects of climate change on coffee growers in rura
Walk On My Own
Films BYkids pairs teenagers from diverse cultures with accomplished filmmakers to create short personal documentaries that encourage understanding about universal issues and help foster empathy and global citizenry. Ashley Judd serves as series narrator, introducing each 30-minute film. The series is a collaboration between The WNET Group and the non-profit, BYkids.
Walk On My Own
Season 2 Episode 204 | 26m 46s | CC
Had Senegalese teen Ndèye Fatou Fall been born several years earlier, she and her friends would have been subjected to child marriage and other rituals harmful to girls. Mentored by filmmaker Elizabeth Hummer, Ndèye Fatou shares how her village abandoned these practices, and the ways in which these cultural shifts have empowered and transformed her community.
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