A nonprofit dedicated to teaching kids citizenry and empathy, BYkids uses documentaries created by young filmmakers as a starting point for conversations on complex global issues—in schools, on public television, and at festivals worldwide.
Sixteen-year-old Faith Guilbault loves skydiving and has walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. She also has cerebral palsy. The Baltimore teen was one of four young filmmakers who directed documentaries about their lives for the new season of ByKids airing on public television stations nationwide.
A 17-year-old Syrian refugee chronicles his new life in Germany. A Harlem teen documents how incarceration on Rikers Island changed his life. A young Nicaraguan reveals the impact of climate change on her family’s livelihood. A Senegalese girl shows how her village was transformed after it ended the practice of child marriage. These four powerful stories are part of the new season of Films BYkids, a collaboration between THIRTEEN and BYkids.