Films BYkids

1. S01E01Home Is Where You Find ItJanuary 25, 2016—Mentored by filmmakers Neal Baer and Chris Zalla, Alcides, a 16-year-old orphan living in Mozambique, conveys his inspiring story about find
2. S01E02My Country Is TibetFebruary 1, 2016—India is home to tens of thousands of Tibetan refugees, but only 17-year-old Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari was crowned King of Tibet by
3. S01E03Displaced But Not DefeatedFebruary 15, 2016—For decades, Civil War in Colombia has displaced thousands of people like 16-year-old María Ceballos, who fled her home when guerrillas kill
4. S01E04Poet Against PrejudiceFebruary 22, 2016—Moving to a new country was challenging for Faiza Almontaser, a 17-year-old from New York City, who immigrated with her family to the US fro
5. S01E05Fire In Our HeartsFebruary 29, 2016—Like most girls from rural India, 16-year-old Jayshree Janu Kharpade never expected to get an education. Film mentor, Joyce Chopra, a pionee

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01I Could Tell You 'Bout My LifeJanuary 29, 2019—Mike Martin, age 19, faced challenges growing up. At 17, he tagged along with friends who committed a felony. Unable to post bail, he was se
2. S02E02My Beautiful NicaraguaFebruary 5, 2019—Coffee is a way of life for Edelsin Mendez, age 12, and her family in Nicaragua. But climate change and shifting weather patterns are contri
3. S02E03Out of AleppoFebruary 12, 2019—Teen refugee Mohammad Shasho and his family fled war-torn Syria for Berlin, Germany. Now, they are struggling to make a new life, learning t
4. S02E04Walk on My OwnFebruary 19, 2019—Had Senegalese teen Ndèye Fatou Fall been born several years earlier, she and her friends would have been subjected to child marriage and ot

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1. S03E01Against the CurrentApril 6, 2021—17-year-old Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, who lives on the Umoⁿhoⁿ Reservation in Nebraska, interviews Native American youth and elders against th
2. S03E02L'ChaimApril 13, 2021—19-year-old Semon Shabaev is part of a vibrant Jewish community in Germany. Despite his country’s dark history of genocide and a rise in ant
3. S03E03Faith's WorldApril 20, 2021—16-year-old Faith Guilbault from Baltimore, Maryland, who is visually impaired and has cerebral palsy, is resilient, adventurous and determi
4. S03E04Buddhism, Bhutan and MeApril 27, 2021—18-year-old Rinzin Jurmey from Bhutan became a monk when he was 11 years old. He travels between his monastery, village and the city, meetin

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