Lights! Camera! Action! The FLOW Project Brings Professional Filmmaking to South Florida Youth

The dream of being on set is now a reality for South Florida youth through The FLOW Project. FLOW Films has partnered with local educators, Future Leaders Of the World, who work with incarcerated youth, at-risk youth, and youth in foster care. After teaching a health curriculum on important topics such as HIV, suicide prevention, and substance abuse awareness, the students are then taught story structure, character development, and script writing.

These raw stories are developed with story producers and critiqued by trained peers on a Youth Advisory Board. The highest rated script is transformed into a professional film with bilingual actors (Spanish/English and Kreyol/English). During post production, the education board develops a new curriculum based on the film. They also use local, up-and-coming musicians to score an original song for each film. Their first Creole movie was set to be shot in October 2025.

The FLOW Project is currently funded with a grant from Westcare and is often helped by the community at large. To view past films via the FLOW YouTube channel, visit the FLOW YouTube channel. If you want to get involved, follow on Instagram: @flow_helpin and @flowfilmfestivalmarket, or contact Producer Kimberly Douglas at [email protected].

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