Youth Cinema Project (YCP) & MUSD Youth Cinema Project (YCP) & MUSD Show Transcript in 2015 the Eastern or project joined forces with the Montebello Unified School District and started operating at to School site we have served over 1,400 students and are proud to be working in 12 schools founded by Edward James Olmos the youth Cinema project brings the entertainment industry into Public School classrooms to implement our rigorous filmmaking curriculum is 12th grade classrooms throughout the school year with English language arts in California media are standard our ultimate goal is for our students to find their voices learn teamwork communication skills and become self-directed Learners capable of proud stopping musd students have created over 110 short films have been showcased at the premiere Latino festival in the US the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival La Leaf a 5th grader from Greenwood Elementary Keith opening remarks at the festival's opening-night ceremony without people in attendance and appeared at the recipe Ambassador on KTLA news and CNN to Montebello films won best student film awards at Lolly 2022 out of over 150 films in competition Montbello students also one cash rewards for Q60 we held during quarantine and Eastmont intermediate created an experimental film during distance learning that was a winner of a fight scene LA a Citywide competition for adult filmmakers posted by the Music Center last year we launched by Setia Alam night which provides access and opportunities for us to what happened to the y c p program we connect students tomorrow advance for making programs offer one-on-one mentorship and coaching support students with applications to other programs and other college students to internships and other early for initiative get them off of special stats and act as a consequence of her as the students move along in their filmmaking Pat Elan my Montebello students have appeared on Good Morning America spoken at the Academy Museum participated in professional Film Production created additional shirt screen their film at multiple Film Festival scholarships for the Keller summer school and other Advanced Women's programs and one student receive $10,000 for their college fund thank you Montebello Unified School District for being an ideal partner your trust and unwavering dedication and commitment to your students. ideal environment for us to continue our work there was a fine entertainment industry from the ground up and redefining the Hollywood pipeline we look forward to many more years of friendship