This summer, Urban Dreams videos received special recognition:

Listen Up! Best of 2004 Reel • Just Try and Stop Us - Oakland High School
San Diego Girl Film Festival - Official Selection • Through My Eyes - MetWest High School
Tower of Youth Film Festival -  Official Selection • Gay Marriage...A Right? Or Wrong? - Oakland Technical High School 

Urban Dreams was a project of the Oakland Unified School District Office of Instructional Technology. The project was designed to support the work of History and English teachers, grades 9-12, by providing access to appropriate technology tools and professional development opportunies.

Over a three year period, Youth Media's Urban Dreams Video Project trained 21 Oakland Unified School District teacher / student teams on:

• Camera and equipment operations
• Script writing
• Storyboarding
• Basics of nonlinear editing on Final Cut Pro.

To view the incredible documentaries that these teams produced, visit the Urban Dreams Screening Room.