This is the question we were tasked with answering in the Documentary Unit at Freestyle. In all of our classes, we were tasked with telling the story of a subject of importance through interview and documentation. We collected primary and secondary sources in order to develop and portray our perspective about the subject’s significance in our community\/world. This unit placed emphasis on narrative-style journalism, with our ultimately producing a research paper, magazine article, and film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In English, I wanted to tell a story that relayed the importance of Jewish community in a post-October 7th world. As such, I chose to interview one of the head staff members at BBYO, a Jewish youth organization. Her name is Anna Goldman, and we discussed the importance of environments such as these, and how they factor into the context of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attached below is the research paper I wrote on her work and it’s importance. It is in conversation with some current BBYO teens, who were able to speak to Anna’s achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Film, the documentary production was more open-ended. We were able to document a more broad topic, rather than profiling a specific person. However, we first had to learn some of the technological applications of documentary filmmaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~JessieE\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-25-at-4.55.18\u202fPM.png\")
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