Recognition - Gold - Education, Art & Culture, Film, Video, Television or Show Awareness Categories
About the category - Film, Video, Television or Show - Scripted, episodic or individual video content, series or films that aim to raise awareness for an Education, Art & Culture Cause. Can include online or offline fiction or non-fiction films, television, documentary, series content can be drama or comedy or and more.
About This Project
Summary
The Thread is a documentary interview series on the Life Stories YouTube Channel in which exceptional individuals share their life’s journey, the discovery of meaning and purpose, and personal passions. Teaching The Thread is a suite of educational materials created to support the use of this series in educational settings. We partnered with 826 Digital, the largest writing program for youth, to create additional educational content for The Thread in the field of literacy and creative writing.
Goals & Objectives
Life Stories and 826 Digital partnership connects educators and students to stories from authors, artists, and visionaries featured in The Thread. The collaboration equips educators to facilitate meaningful and inspirational writing and storytelling experiences in their classrooms.
Results & Impact
826 Digital reports in the first two months of the partnership: 650 page views, 244 active users, and a total of 56 downloaded lesson materials, serving an estimated 2,128 students. Life Stories reports a total viewership of 275,142 views of The Thread on YouTube channel.
THE TEAM
Nga Nguyen - Producer, Life Stories
Tyler Christie - Editor, Life Stories
Jaimé Bernat - Assistant Editor, Life Stories
Diana David - Assistant Editor, Life Stories
Matthew Henderson - Producer, Life Stories
Bill Winters - Director of Photography, Life Stories
Sidnee Lim - Post Production Assistant, Life Stories
Shelby Kilgore - Archival Coordinator, Life Stories
Edwin Hererra - 1st Camera Assistant
Carl Gaffney - Sound
Ricardo Valdez - Gaffer
Carlos Osterling - Key Grip
Alexis Renny - Hair and Makeup
Lucas Habberman - Production Assistant
Logan Adler - Director of Finance and Admin, Life Stories
Emily Keating - Director of Development, Life Stories
Fran Sterling - Director of Education, Life Stories
Laura Freeman - Development Associate, Life Stories
Bobby Bitter - Business Development & Communications, Life Stories
Chad Cockcroft - Director of Technical Operations, Life Stories
Dave Schuman - Post Production Supervisor, Life Stories
Ashley Edgar - Post Production Supervisor, Life Stories
Nyree Spearman - Post Coordinator, Life Stories
Jill Cowan - Archival Producer, Life Stories
Ross Hager - Segment Producer, Life Stories
Lost in Space - Post Consulting Services
Ari Fishman - Executive Producer, Life Stories
George Kunhardt - Executive Producer, Life Stories
Teddy Kunhardt - Executive Producer, Life Stories
Anna Griffin - Director of Content & Partnerships 826 Digital & 826 National
David Bender - Executive Producer
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