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Nous nous sommes réunis sur un film tourné dans le Quartier de Pointe St. Charles(Montréal) et nous avons travaillé avec des adolescents. Pendant le tournage, nous avons fini par connaître les adolescents locaux. Il est très étonnant de constater comment ils ont divisé le voisinage suivant les différences linguistiques, chacun ayant son propre territoire de part et d’autre des pistes de train, et chacun formant une association de gang de rue. Nous parlions bien dans la nuit de ces longues journées de tournage, au sujet de la nécessité d'engager la jeunesse des deux côtés des pistes dans des activités significatives pour qu'elles aient envie d’éliminer toutes ces différences qui les séparent. Tous les deux nous ne sommes pas issus d’un même milieu culturel et social. Durant son adolescence Jean-Michel a grandi dans les rues de Marseille où la violence est bien plus insouciante. Alyssa a travaillé avec la jeunesse pendant plus de 12 années. Tous les deux nous avons une vraie passion pour entendre ce que les jeunes veulent dire et voulons les aider à essayer de changer la société afin de la rendre meilleure.
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We
met on a film set in Point St. Charles(Montreal),
working with teenagers. While the filming took place, we got to know
the local teenagers. It was astonishing how they had divided up the
neighbourhood along linguistic lines, each with their own territory
on one side of the train tracks, each forming their own gang. We would
talk well into the night, on those long filming days, about the need
to engage youth on both sides of the tracks in meaningful activities
for them to have a way to release all the frustrations they were telling
us about. Inspired by the powerful process of filmmaking, we founded Productions Oracle in December 2005 with the aim of making video accessible to more and more teenagers of all cultural backgrounds, in English and in French. Determined to break down barriers and to create new ways of being, we hoped to create an organization that would help youth find their voice, find their place in society, develop new skills and eventually take over and run their own programs or develop their own careers. We want them to feel ownership for their work and feel themselves to be an essential part of our team. It has been a really incredible process so far. Our team is extremely talented in addition to being devoted to helping youth make positive choices in their lives. Our partners are supportive and appreciated. The youth we have worked with are so powerful in their ability to share their stories and to rise to the challenge of the creative process. And we are all the more determined to continue this exciting work. |
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| Alyssa Kuzmarov et Jean-Michel Sauri, Fondateurs | ||||||||||||