Circle Urban is a nonprofit ministry located in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago.  Every year they host an event called Summertime, an uplifting performance by urban youth expressing the complicated choices of growing up in the city.  The performance is a blend of spoken word, dance, acrobatics, and music, and follows a young person as they walk through various relationships and experiences, exploring their deeply rooted struggles and realities, and learn what it means to choose well.

We were asked to script and develop a video that would promote this important event for Circle Urban, and “tell the story” of the making behind this production.  After days of scripting and shooting, the video was complete.  The highlight was watching it with the kids for the first time!  “I feel like a celebrity,” one said.  The real life stories of the students who contribute to the performance are so much more powerful than any story we could script or develop.  It was refreshing and humbling working with these awesome kids!

Check out the finished product below.

Our videographer gained a new little “apprentice”

Circle Urban Kids

Summertime Rehearsal

 

 

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