Congratulations to all the teen producers who participated in the Somerville Youth Film Festival on May 6 at the Somerville Theatre. The screening room was packed with over 50 people who were there to watch films produced by teens of SCAT’s Next Generation Producers programs with Somerville Cares About Prevention and the Somerville High School Media Club, as well as Somerville High School media class projects. The energy and humor of the projects made the evening a lot of fun. Espionage, Rasta culture, duck boats, and Rubricks Cubes all played a role in the videos.

 Home Inc, a non profit that brings media training into the public schools, brought in an AmericorpsVista media instructor, Craig Leach, to teach the year’s high school media classes. His classes created digital stories, documentaries, and dramas. The Next Generation Producers workshop with Somerville Cares About Prevention created two dramatic public service announcements on the issues of teen depression and drug abuse., and the high school media club created documentaries, and a drama about the dangers of spreading rumors.

 After the screening, which included a “behind the scenes” video, all the producers received certificates for achievement. Thanks go to Alan Michel and Craig Leach of Home Inc., Charlie Lafaucie from the Somerville Public Schools, Lovelee Heller, coordinator of the youth group of Somerville Cares About Prevention, Daniel Marques and Prince Charles from Somerville Community Access Television, the City of Somerville Health Department, and the Somerville Theatre for donating the screening room.