Wed May 4, 2016
Diversity film, title of film is 'F R E E'
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at Ellen Driscoll Playhouse
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F R E E is a feature documentary which follows five of the teens in the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company in Oakland.
Each year the students of Destiny Arts co-create a performance piece that asks them to dig deeply into their lives. Candid discussions of poverty, alienation, HIV status, sexual abuse, and gang violence arise as dauntingly complex, if not insurmountable, obstacles to happiness. Destiny Arts provides a safe haven for the teens to share their stories, to build community, and to express themselves artistically.The Film Series is sponsored by the Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee, Piedmont League of Women Voters, and the Piedmont Adult School.
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Each year the students of Destiny Arts co-create a performance piece that asks them to dig deeply into their lives. Candid discussions of poverty, alienation, HIV status, sexual abuse, and gang violence arise as dauntingly complex, if not insurmountable, obstacles to happiness. Destiny Arts provides a safe haven for the teens to share their stories, to build community, and to express themselves artistically.The Film Series is sponsored by the Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee, Piedmont League of Women Voters, and the Piedmont Adult School.
F R E E is a feature documentary which follows five of the teens in the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company in Oakland.
Each year the students of Destiny Arts co-create a performance piece that asks them to dig deeply into their lives. Candid discussions of poverty, alienation, HIV status, sexual abuse, and gang violence arise as dauntingly complex, if not insurmountable, obstacles to happiness. Destiny Arts provides a safe haven for the teens to share their stories, to build community, and to express themselves artistically.The Film Series is sponsored by the Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee, Piedmont League of Women Voters, and the Piedmont Adult School.
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Each year the students of Destiny Arts co-create a performance piece that asks them to dig deeply into their lives. Candid discussions of poverty, alienation, HIV status, sexual abuse, and gang violence arise as dauntingly complex, if not insurmountable, obstacles to happiness. Destiny Arts provides a safe haven for the teens to share their stories, to build community, and to express themselves artistically.The Film Series is sponsored by the Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee, Piedmont League of Women Voters, and the Piedmont Adult School.
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Ellen Driscoll Playhouse
325 Highand Ave., Oakland, CA 94611
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