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story [8mm] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.
while spending some time with my grandma's i started to think a lot about my story, more specifically my family's story. i found a ton of 8mm rolls of film and went and got them developed. what follows is kind of a music video showing the "story" of my family. i think it's pretty cool.16
[step forward day 2009] from JJ Starr on Vimeo.
each year, the Pepperdine community comes together for a day of service. Over 1400 students, faculty, staff and alumni gather to help over 50 non-profit organizations, schools, churches and parks that span from downtown Los Angeles to Ventura County. During this one day the Pepperdine community serves a collective 4200 hours (equivalent to 2 years of work for one person). For the volunteers, the tradition of Step Forward Day reflects a commitment that lasts beyond this single day of service. shot on a sony EX1 with a homemade pvc pipe dolly13
golden (rough cut) from JJ Starr on Vimeo.
we hear all the time that high school is the same as it was 20, 30, or 40 years ago; but is it really? I set out to answer this question and dive into what kids are facing on a regular basis. I sat down with over 30 kids and asked them simple, open-ended questions regarding life as a high school student. The students featured are between the ages of 14-18 and are a collaboration between two high schools, both located in middle to upper-middle class communities: Naperville, IL and Malibu, CA.
Colter:
JJ this is really well done and something that i agree is important to take a look at
(11.01.09)
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in june 2008 a team from Los Angeles traveled to Honduras to capture the reality that children living there are faced with. we dealt mostly with kids living just outside of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The kids featured are faced with working long hours in a trash dump collecting anything that they can find to make money. The conditions of the dump are very bad and kids are often injured and/or killed.
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i am zambia (call to action) from JJ Starr on Vimeo.
a local initiative designed to create a better future for the lives of HIV/AIDS affected orphans in Africa. See iamzambia.org for more information