This was filmed at the the AMP Open House at the Furniture Factory in Detroit, a Fundraiser for Allied Media Projects, one of several events leading up to the 2011 Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Michigan.
(click on above photo to view video)
I’m primarily a photographer, but very interested in film and multimedia. I’m lucky enough to have a camera with HD video, and I’ve been experimenting recently. I got to this event late and went inside but was quickly drawn outside by these amazing voices. I spoke to the young man in the video, I WISH I could remember his name (please comment here if you know him). We talked about his life as an artist and how he felt about Detroit. He mentioned he was involved with Detroit Summer, an amazing non-profit organized by young people to empower students through community based projects in the city. Starlet Lee is the young women in the video, I recognized her from the US Social Forum in 2010, where she represented Detroit Summer and spread awareness about the program.
I think the voices speak for themselves.
I’ll keep working on my video skills :)
