2009 YFEN Film Contest- Free Speech in School (Does it Exist?)

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the famous Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines when the court ruled in favor of students who had been suspended for protesting the Vietnam War. The Tinker case stated that students "do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." But 40 years later, students are still facing challenges to their free speech and expression in school: student articles are censored, strict dress codes imposed, internet filters block access to valuable web resources, school plays are canceled...

Make your voice heard! This is your chance to answer the question:

Free Speech in School (Does it Exist?)

Film your response in 4 minutes or less. Entries can be videos of any kind, including documentary, animation, experimental, or music video. The top three winners will be awarded cash prizes and the first place winner will receive a scholarship to the New York Film Academy.

Applications must be submitted (and films uploaded to Youtube) no later than Friday, August 14th, 2009. Contestants must be either living in the U.S. or its territories (but need not be citizens), and must be age 19 or younger on the day the film is submitted. All films must be produced in 2009 and address the contest theme.

www.ncac.org/yfen