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Youth

Youth and teens are the heart of any community. Through their questions, their struggles, and their dreams, the young people of East Austin help shape their neighborhoods and the future. They embrace old traditions, such as dancing folklorico, while inventing new ones, like beatboxing, that one day, too, will be “old.” Many question their lives and the world around them, like Yolanda Solis and Alejandro Mendez. Yolanda was born in Austin, while Alejandro was born in Mexico. Both go to school in Austin, and have very different takes on what it means to be Mexican-American.
Young people explore and shape their world in many ways. At Reagan High, a digital filmmaking program gives students the tools and skills to record student life and make their own movies. They say that digital arts, whether film, music, or web sites, are the voice of their generation. One such student production is “ piercing.”

5…6…7…8: A Story of the Reagan High School Dance Team
78702 Life Stories: A Place for the Kids
ABAD Documentary
Blurring the Lines
Capirotada: A Mix of Everything
Celebration of Our Future
Chispas
Climbin’ Higher
Donna
For Me and Him
Generation Digital
Letters for Las Manitas
Life’s Lessons
Making the Grade
Meander
Piercing
Pool Rats
Popcorn
Por Media de mis Heridos
Raider P.E.P.
Raised on Public Access
Rocha's Ghost
Talk 60
Transitions
Victory



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Gfoup shot of African American boys in naked torsos and colorful swim shorts, leaning against what seems to be a fence.The background shows some trees. Headshot of a Hispannic-looking your girl, smiling  and looking at the camera. On the background, a chalkboard with some letters written with chalk. Close shot of Hispanic couple dancing. They both smile and her hair floats with the turn the man makes her do. Speia toned dual colored image.

Two Hispanic looking boys talk sitting at the couch. One of themm touches the other with the arm. Both smile.