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Films BYkids

Films BYkids

2016 4 Seasons 13 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

Films BYkids pairs teenagers from diverse cultures with accomplished filmmakers to create short personal documentaries that encourage understanding about universal issues and help foster empathy and global citizenry. Ashley Judd serves as series narrator, introducing each 30-minute film. The series is a collaboration between THIRTEEN and the non-profit, BYkids.

Films BYkids pairs teenagers from diverse cultures with accomplished filmmakers to create short personal documentaries that encourage understanding about universal issues and help foster empathy and global citizenry. Ashley Judd serves as series narrator, introducing each 30-minute film. The series is a collaboration between THIRTEEN and the non-profit, BYkids.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Home Is Where You Find It

Mentored by filmmakers Neal Baer and Chris Zalla, Alcides, a 16-year-old orphan living in Mozambique, conveys his inspir

EP 2

My Country Is Tibet

India is home to tens of thousands of Tibetan refugees, but only 17-year-old Namgyal Wangchuk Trichen Lhagyari was crown

EP 3

Displaced But Not Defeated

For decades, Civil War in Colombia has displaced thousands of people like 16-year-old María Ceballos, who fled her home

EP 4

Poet Against Prejudice

Moving to a new country was challenging for Faiza Almontaser, a 17-year-old from New York City, who immigrated with her

EP 5

Fire In Our Hearts

Like most girls from rural India, 16-year-old Jayshree Janu Kharpade never expected to get an education. Film mentor, Jo

EP 1

I Could Tell You 'Bout My Life

Mike Martin, age 19, faced challenges growing up. At 17, he tagged along with friends who committed a felony. Unable to

EP 2

My Beautiful Nicaragua

Coffee is a way of life for Edelsin Mendez, age 12, and her family in Nicaragua. But climate change and shifting weather

EP 3

Out of Aleppo

Teen refugee Mohammad Shasho and his family fled war-torn Syria for Berlin, Germany. Now, they are struggling to make a

EP 4

Walk on My Own

Had Senegalese teen Ndèye Fatou Fall been born several years earlier, she and her friends would have been subjected to

EP 1

Against the Current

17-year-old Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, who lives on the Umoⁿhoⁿ Reservation in Nebraska, interviews Native Americ

EP 2

L'Chaim

19-year-old Semon Shabaev is part of a vibrant Jewish community in Germany. Despite his country’s dark history

EP 3

Faith's World

16-year-old Faith Guilbault from Baltimore, Maryland, who is visually impaired and has cerebral palsy, is resilient, adv

EP 4

Buddhism, Bhutan and Me

18-year-old Rinzin Jurmey from Bhutan became a monk when he was 11 years old. He travels between his monastery, village

Popular Cast

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd

Narrator (voice)