Our Work
May 5, 2008 | 8:35 | Narrative/Documentaries
"Will I Be Next?" is a film that explores the issue of gun violence. Five established experts and numerous young people were interviewed for their perspective on this complex and incredibly troubling problem.
June 6, 2008 | 3:00 | Narrative/Documentaries
A youth-produced package about choices. Made by participants at Free Spirit Media, a non-profit that provides media education to under-served Chicago youth.
May 26, 2010 | 00:27 | PSAs
Students in FSM's HoopsHIGH sports broadcasting program created a compelling PSA about steroid use by student athletes. This PSA appeals to students' sense of ethics and sportsmanship.
May 11, 2010 | 00:30 | PSAs
Students from North Lawndale College Prep worked with professionals to create a PSA that would reach out to their communities to express the dangers of gun violence and advocate for good decision making.
August 1, 2009 | 5:00 | Documentaries
Hungry for Change is the result of a collaboration between Free Spirit Media, Umoja Student Development Corporation, and 30 high school students who created a short documentary film that explored the social justice issue of food access and food equity facing their west side community of North Lawndale. Students engaged local residents in an exploration of how economic and political forces affect the availability of nutritious food within their neighborhood and how this impacts their community as a whole.
