FILMS: Teens' Documentary Explores Teen Joblessness (USA)

Teens' Documentary Explores Teen Joblessness

by Georgia Kral | June 22, 2007 10:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (7)

Why do kids have a hard time getting jobs? Why do some resort to drug dealing? A new locally produced documentary goes to the source -- teens themselves -- to explore that question.

Local teens not only appear in the movie -- they made it. "Help Wanted: A Look at Youth Unemployment in New Haven" is the latest offering from Youth Rights Media. The 20-minute video was screened Thursday night at the Off Broadway Theatre.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2007/06/youth_rights_me_2.php

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