JBFC Goes to the White House

Jacob Burns Film Center Attends the March on Washington Film Festival’s Student & Emerging Film Competition Awards Ceremony at the White House

Created Equal Curriculum Recognized for the Powerful Role of Media in the Civil Rights Story

The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is pleased to announce it will attend the March on Washington Film Festival’s Student & Emerging Film Competition Awards Ceremony which will be held at the White House on Wednesday, July 20.

JBFC faculty and staff will join students and teachers from schools in Brooklyn, NY and Bridgeport, CT at this special event in recognition of the power and potential of JBFC’s Created Equal: Image, Sound, and Story civil rights curriculum, developed by JBFC in partnership with Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS).

The schools are part of Turnaround Arts, a signature program of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. This year, over 200 eighth grade students from Turnaround Arts schools in Brooklyn and Bridgeport participated in this transformative new program.

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