I am a
FILMMAKER
I use the power of film to highlight issues and challenges that need to be addressed to improve life for all people.
Mentally Educated
Mentally Educated is my fourth documentary finished in January 2024. It won second place for high schools in the C-SPAN StudentCam competition. The award page can be found here: https://studentcam.org/2024-2ndPrize-MountainViewHighSchool0408.htm
The Peer-to-Peer Movement: Students Saving Lives
The Peer-to-Peer Movement: Students Saving Lives is my third documentary which was finished in January of 2023. It won second place for high schools in the C-SPAN StudentCam competition. The award page can be found here: https://studentcam.org/2023-2ndPrize-MountainViewHighSchool0416.htm
Stigma-Free Nation: Pathway to Parity
Stigma-Free Nation: Pathway to Parity is my documentary from 2022 that won first place for middle schools in the C-SPAN StudentCam competition. I also won best Middle School Academic Non-Fiction and the Media and Literacy award from the California Student Media Festival. The C-SPAN award page can be found here: https://www.studentcam.org/2022/1stPrize-IsaacNewtonGrahamMiddleSchool0417.htm
Power to Save a Life
Power to Save a Life is my first documentary from 2021 that won Honorable Mention in the C-SPAN StudentCam competition. This documentary, also, won best Middle School Academic Non-Fiction from the California Student Media Festival. The C-SPAN award page can be found here: https://studentcam.org/sc2021_files/HM-Newton0616.htm
UCSF Dyslexia Phenotype Project Process Overview
I created this film to explain the Phenotype Project process to all participants and their families for the UCSF Dyslexia Center. It was created for my UCSF Internship in the Psychiatry department for Dr. Lisa Fortuna and Dr. Michelle Porche. I hope it will comfort the participants and their families.
In the Eyes of Youth: Academic Stress and Test Anxiety
In the Eyes of Youth: Academic Stress and Test Anxiety is a podcast episode dedicated to sharing the youth voice about academic pressure and its affect on adolescents. It is part of the Bring Change to Mind California Teen Advisory Board Podcast series, and I created this episode with three other board members.