Here are some movies players have created with ACT NOW! Simply click on the preview clip to see more.
You can order these videos for $35 a tape, but we recommend not showing them to potential players until after they have produced their own movie. You can also order the written scenario for each movie for $45.
By the NEARI Jump-Start Program Participants and Students from the Holyoke Boys and Girls Club
March 28, 2009
This movie was the result of a six -week MOVIExperience workshop conducted by ACT NOW! Inc for 27 boys and girls in the NEARI Jump-Start Program and the Holyoke Boys and Girls Club in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
The workshop, a component of the After School Out of School Time (ASOST) program, was made possible by a Literacy Through the Arts Massachusetts Department of Education Grant. The movie itself was inspired by the themes the players explored from the books When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago and Black Boy by Richard Wright.
By Girls in the Springfield Renaissance School, an Expeditionary Learning School, in Springfield, Massachusetts
November 25, 2008
This movie was the result of a five-day intensive for 20 girls in 7th and 8th grade, which culminated in a three-hour MOVIExperience® SimulCast
By the Girls Participating in the MOVIExperience Summer Playshop
August 2008
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for sixteen girls from Western Massachusetts.
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through a grant from the Amherst Club and contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters; the Coaches-in-Training, Kelsey Brown, and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from the Playshop each day.
The Playshop was co-sponsored by Amherst Cinema Arts Center and Amherst Community Television.
August 11, 2008
This movie was the result of a multi week workshop with a rotating population of up to 12 young women, which culminated in a three-hour MOVIExperience® SimulCast.
The program was part of an initiative called Unlocking the Light: Integrating the Arts in Juvenile Justice Education, which was made possible with a grant awarded to a partnership between the Department of Youth Services and Hampshire Educational Collaborative by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By the Girls Participating in the MOVIExperience Winter Playshop
August 2008
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for thirteen girls from Western Massachusetts.
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through grants from the Amherst Club and contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Family Outreach, Children and Family Counseling Service and MSPCC; the Coaches-in-Training, Kelsey Brown and V Haddad and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from the Playshop each day.
The Playshop was co-sponsored by Amherst Cinema Arts Center and Amherst Community Television.
April 12, 2008
This movie was the result of a three-hour MOVIExperience® SimulCast
with young women accepted to Mount Holyoke College
By the Girls Recently Accepted to Mount Holyoke College
April 11, 2008
This movie was the result of a three-hour intensive called MOVIExperience SimulCast conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for young women recently admitted to Mount Holyoke College.
By the NEARI Jump-Start Program Participants
Holyoke, MA
April 5, 2008
This movie was the result of a MOVIExperience workshop conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for boys and girls in the NEARI Jump-Start Program in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
The workshop was made possible by a Literacy Through the Arts Massachusetts Department of Education Grant. The movie itself was inspired by the themes and players explored in Bodega Dreams by Ernest Quinines and Taking Sides by Gary Soto.
By the Girls Participating in the MOVIExperience Winter Playshop
December 2007
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for thirteen girls from Western Massachusetts.
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through grants from the Amherst Club and the Art Angels and contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters; the Coaches-in-Training, Kelsey Brown and V Haddad and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from the Playshop each day.
The Playshop was co-sponsored by Amherst Cinema Arts Center and Amherst Community Television.
By the Girls Participating in the MOVIExperience Summer Playshop
August 2007
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for nine girls from Western Massachusetts.
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through a grant from the Amherst Club and contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters; the Coaches-in-Training, Kelsey Brown, Samantha Floyd, V Haddad, and Annie Walker, and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from the Playshop each day.
The Playshop was co-sponsored by Amherst Cinema Arts Center and Amherst Community Television.
By the Girls Participating in the MOVIExperience July 2007 playshop
July 2007
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for twelve girls from Western Massachusetts.
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through a grant from the Amherst Club and contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from the Playshop each day.
The Playshop was co-sponsored by Amherst Cinema Arts Center and Amherst Community Television.
By the Girls Participating in the MOVIExperience Winter Playshop
June 2007
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for nine girls from Western Massachusetts.
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through a grant from the Amherst Club and contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters; the Coach-in-Training, Kelsey Brown; and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from the Playshop each day.
The Playshop was co-sponsored by Amherst Cinema Arts Center and Amherst Community Television.
By the Girls Participating in the MOVIExperience Winter Playshop
December 2006
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for eleven girls from Western Massachusetts.
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through a grant from the Amherst Club and contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters; the Coaches-in-Training and Assistant Producers: Kelsey Brown and Jessie Hamelin; and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from the Playshop each day.
The Playshop was co-sponsored by Amherst Cinema Arts Center and Amherst Community Television.
August 2006
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for Twenty Girls from Western Massachusetts
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through a grant from the Amherst Club and contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and Youth Leadership in the Arts; the Coaches-in-Training: Kelsey Brown, V Haddad, and Laurel Chen; and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from the Playshop each day.
The Playshop was co-sponsored by Amherst Cinema and Arts Center and Amherst Community Television.
By the Girls Scouts of Pioneer Valley
Participating in the Camp Bonnie Brae MOVIExperience
March 10 & 11, 2006
This movie was the result of a weekend intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for Girl Scouts of Pioneer Valley at Camp Bonnie Brae in East Otis, Massachusetts.
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for Fifteen Girls from Western Massachusetts
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through a grant from Arts Angels and with contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors.
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Girls Inc., the Coaches-in-Training, Jen Adkins, Anne Lorda, Shoshana Marchand, Zoe Rosenthal and all the parents, relatives, and friends who drove the players to and from Thornes each day.
by the Girls Participating in the MOVIExperience Summer Playshop
July 2005
This movie was the result of a weeklong intensive conducted by ACT NOW! Inc. for Nineteen Girls from Western Massachusetts.
Scholarships provided to some of the girls were made possible through a grant from Arts Angels and with contributions from Fletcher Associates, Group Creativity Projects, Inc., and ACT NOW! donors
The Playshop also enjoyed support from Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the Youth Action Coalition, the Coaches-in-Training, Amira Schroeder, Sandra Ginsburg, Kelsey Brown, Krystle Bernier and Laura Gilbert and all the parents, relatives and friends who drove the players to and from Mount Holyoke each day.
Synopsis: A caseworker saves the day when Nemesis gets placed in an unhealthy foster home.
Moviemakers: The Young Women and Girls in the Intensive Adolescent Program, Centro Las Americas, June 14, 2003
This video was made possible with a grant from the Youth Opportunity Fund and Discretionary Funds of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Inc. and with support from Group Creativity Projects, Inc.
Synopsis: When money is missing at a school for parenting teens, resourceful girls defend the suspect and trap the true thief.
Moviemakers: Students at The Care Center, Holyoke, Massachusetts, August 1, 2002
This video was made possible with a grant from The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, the Eugene A. Dexter Charitable Fund administered by Fleet National Bank, the Nan and Matilda Heydt Fund administered by Fleet National Bank and with support from Group Creativity Projects, Inc. and the Women's Times.
Synopsis: Strange disappearances on a tour of Berkmans Castle are ultimately explained.
Moviemakers: Scholars in the Step Forward Program, Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts, September 28, 2002
This video was made possible with a grant from The Xeric Foundation and with support from Group Creativity Projects, Inc. and the Women's Times.
Synopsis: Girls support each other in unexpected ways during a scary night.
Moviemakers: The Selena Group Girls Inc. of Holyoke, February 22, 1999
This pilot was made possible with support from Fletcher Associates Public Relations and Group Creativity Projects.
Synopsis: Foster girls sent to boot camp find a real home.
Movie makers: The Girls in the Pa'Lante Program Girls Inc. of Holyoke, June 9, 2001
This video was funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.
Synopsis: Friendship survives betrayal, revenge and emergency.
Movie makers: Girls in the You Go Girls Program at the Martin Luther King Center Springfield, Massachusetts, November 16, 2002
This video was made possible with a grant from The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, from the Eugene A. Dexter Charitable Fund administered by Fleet National Bank, from the Nan and Matilda Heydt Fund administered by Fleet National Bank and with support from Group Creativity Projects, Inc. and the Women's Times.
Synopsis: Ariel discovers that getting attention is not all she thought.
Moviemakers: Girls in Sisters Inc., April 7, 2002
This video was made possible solely through the diligent fundraising efforts of the Sisters Inc. Board of Directors.
Synopsis: Kayla shuts out her best friend when the new girl comes to school.
Moviemakers: Maxwell Middle School Students, Tucson, Arizona, May 11, 2002
This video was made possible with a grant from the National Institutes of Health to the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine, Education, Public Health, Agriculture, and Life Sciences, as part of the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG) Research.
Synopsis: Leslie shows her know-it-all friend that she can get them both out of a difficult situation.
Moviemakers: Girls in the Mentor Program at the YWCA of Western Massachusetts, July 27, 2002
This video was made possible with a grant from The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts from the Eugene A. Dexter Charitable Fund administered by Fleet National Bank, from the Nan and Matilda Heydt Fund administered by Fleet National Bank and with support from Group Creativity Projects, Inc. and the Women's Times.
Synopsis: Alternative high schoolers find a closed amusement park the perfect stage for their antics and creativity.
Moviemakers: The Harbor Alternative High School, Altoona, Iowa, September 23, 1999
This video was funded by the Central Place Family Resource Center and the State of Iowa.
Synopsis: Ten years after high school, student leaders return to compare notes and make deals
Movie makers: Teen Leadership Program Southeast Polk High School, Runnells, Iowa, September 25, 1999 This video was funded by the Central Place Family Resource Center and the State of Iowa.
Synopsis: A lovesick guy can't see clearly.
Client: Students at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School, January 1999
*conducted by Group Creativity Projects while training ACTNOW! Inc. staff
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