Camp: Art Tracks - Digital Storytelling
Art in Action is committed to building youth leadership for social justice.
Art Track: Digital Storytelling
The Dig This Story Digital Storytelling Program gives participants an opportunity to produce a short movie illustrating their own story. Over two to four days, participants write a narrative of their story, record a voice-over, and weave images and photographs to create a personal story.
Dig This Story began in 2006. Since then we have held weekend-long Dig This Story trainings in the Bay Area and Alaska focused on topics like urban violence, militarism, and environmental issues. The process is transformational for participants who rarely have an opportunity to share their stories.
The workshop includes technical training in computer movie editing software like Final Cut Express, Protools and Adobe Photoshop. At the completion of the program, we screen the pieces with each other and also with a broader audience in a community screening.
The digital format keeps stories alive forever, enabling us to document our collective histories. A digital story can be shared over and over again, and can also be a catalyst to action by raising awareness for the public.
If you are interested in bringing Dig This Story to your community email: maryam@artinactionworld.org.
Art Tracks
Learn about the different art tracks at the Art in Action Youth Leadership Training!