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Your purchases support Authoring Action’s youth programming. A percentage of all proceeds from sales are distributed directly to featured youth.
Authoring Action Anthology - $25.00 US
Young people have much to say and contribute to the topics of justice, self-love, violence, intimacy, family, peers, school and environment. Organized by genre, this collection of original written works by teen authors developed through Authoring Action explores these and other topics through poetry, monologues, short stories, essays, raps and lyrics. A powerful educational textbook and classroom reader and compelling "listen and learn" for parents, counselors, youth and general readers alike.
Edited by Lynn Rhoades and Nathan Ross Freeman, co-founders of Authoring Action. Foreword by Dr. Kathleen Smith McIlwain.
DOMESTIC U.S. ORDERS ONLY: Download order form - offers the option to purchase and donate copies to schools and/or youth organizations with a handsome book plate recognizing you as the sponsoring donor.
A special message for Educators, Youth Organization Leaders, Law Enforcement Officials, Social Service Workers and Others Working with Youth...
Authoring Action Documentary - $15.00 US
A feature length film and companion to the Authoring Action, this chapter version lends itself to use over multiple classroom session as a powerful stage setter for motivating youth to explore the power of self-expression (creative writing and the spoken word) for impact in all areas of learning and life.
Produced, directed and edited by award-winning filmmaker and Authoring Action co-founder Nathan Ross Freeman, the documentary is now screening at film festivals around the globe.
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Mr. Bones - $15.00 US
MR. BONES, an award winning independent feature film featuring an ensemble cast of Authoring Action youth, presents a stirring tableau of the modern African American experience.
Synopsis: When three children survive a bus crash that kills their parents, their childhood dies as well — until they find an unlikely partner in grief at the shallow grave of a long lost child in the woods of a desolate park.
Mr. Bones remains a closely guarded secret for nearly 30 years until the authorities finally stumble across him. Hounded by the press, police, pastors and relations, “The Three Ds” begin spiraling toward a showdown at the altar of their dreams, regrets, lost loves and ultimate salvation. Devin, Dionne and Dominique finally have to put their traumatic past in its proper place.
Winner of five first place film festival awards, Mr. Bones marks the feature film directorial debut of author and educator Nathan Ross Freeman, co-founder of Authoring Action. Filmed on a shoestring budget, Mr. Bones also stars Debra Terry (Funny Valentines, Comic View), Jeryl Prescott (Skeleton Key), John Poindexter, Johnnie “Blue” Gardner, Mabel Robinson, and Don W. Newton.
Check out the MR. BONES Web site and trailer.
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