Young people mentor newcomer youth in a video-making project
Cubing Life
Glenn tells us about his favourite hobby, cubing.
My Gymnastics and Karate
Joshua tells about why he loves Karate and Gymnastics.
Ghost Lodge of High Park
Fiona, Dani, and Danica give some examples of the many stories of ghosts and hauntings in High Park.
The Beauty of Sorauren Park
oshua, Glenn and Deolan visit Sorauren Park and film some of their favourite scenery.
A Day by the Lake
Deolan tells us why he likes living in Parkdale and visiting the nearby lakeshore
A Brief History of High Park
Deolan, Glenn and Joshua give us a brief history of High Park and John and Jemima Howard.
Toronto in a Bite
Fiona, Dani and Danica take us around Toronto to show us their favourite authentic Japanese and Filipino restaurants
What\'s Cooking
Irish Jade films her grandma making Turon, or \"banana spring rolls.\"
The ‘Origin Stories’ free documentary workshops were held at Back Lane Studios in the summer of 2018. They were funded by ArtReach, a program that supports community arts projects initiated and led by youth, and the Toronto Arts Council. The workshops were led by Michael O’Meara, then a recent high-school graduate, who is now attending Ryerson University, and co-facilitated by professional youth filmmakers, Katerina Zoumbalakis and James Malekzadeh. Twelve youths aged 10 – 19 participated in twelve workshops over six weeks. The workshops culminated with a screening of thirteen fun and funny short documentaries. There were three phases of training and each participant collaborated on a documentary for each phase. The first subject was Sorauren Park, the second took place in High Park, the third project was a self-initiated documentary detailing the participants’ own origin story.
