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• October 22, 2008 -- San Francisco youths’ film looks at how residents affected by redevelopment in Bayview-Hunters Point.
• July 17, 2008 -- Fresno Teens’ Film About Valley Farm Families to Premiere Thursday, July 24 at Historic Tower Theater
• June 25, 2008 -- Film By Homeless Teens in L.A. to Premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival on June 29
• June 24, 2008 -- Oakland Youths Create Documentary Film On The Cambodian-American Experience Of Growing Up In East Oakland's Oak Park Apartments

• June 5, 2008 -- Mt. Shasta-Happy Camp Student Film Explores Challenges Of Growing Up In Small Rural Town
• June 3, 2008 -- Film By First-Generation Khmer American Teens About Legacy Of Khmer Rouge War To Premiere At L.A. Film Festival
• June 2, 2008 -- Film By East Bay LGBT Youth On The Challenges Of Being Gay To Premiere At L.A. Film Festival
• May 1, 2008 -- Lodi High Schoolers’ Films Focus On Disconnections In Teen Life
• October 1, 2007 -- California Council For The Humanities Launches
  How I See It: Youth Digital Filmmakers Project