http://www.strugglingteens.com/news/sag ... 41003.htmlDocumentary looking for struggling teens for wilderness experience
Shapiro/Grodner Productions,
http://www.arnoldshapiroprods.com, is working on a documentary-style series focusing on the positive work being done at Sage Walk - the Wilderness Camp. Sage Walk is a therapeutic program that serves as an intense intervention program for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17. It provides an opportunity to learn about the natural environment, wilderness oriented survival techniques, interpersonal relationships, communication skills and accepting responsibility for actions and consequences. (For more information, log on to
http://www.sagewalk.com)
We are going to follow nine young people between ages 14 and 17 through the program, and document the process from start to finish.
Our production will pay the full cost of tuition for each of those nine students once they and their parents agree to participate, and once they are approved for attendance by Sage Walk and by us.
We are looking for families who would be interested in sending their troubled teen to Sage Walk and would agree to be filmed during the process.; the student throughout the program and the parents at least once each week during the entire process. We are looking for troubled teens from different ethnic backgrounds, from upper, middle and lower class families between the ages of 14 and 17, who are dealing with one or more of the following issues: alcohol/drug addiction, anger management, sexual promiscuity, depression/apathy etc.
The goal of this documentary-style series is to show how positive change can occur and family rifts or breakdowns can be remedied through this worthwhile program and the follow-up that occurs afterward. We want to inspire families across America who are struggling with difficult teenagers that there is hope, there are positive approaches to change, and that to do nothing and to avoid seeking help can be destructive and dangerous.
The students will arrive at Sage Walk to begin a special 40-day (or longer) program on or about Sunday, November 14 of this year. (For those families we focus upon, there will also be one or two additional days of filming at their home between November 1 and 7 so we can better understand the family situation before the Sage Walk experience begins).
Again, participating families will have the entire tuition cost -- valued at around $22,000 -- paid by our production.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested. You can contact Nicole Giambrone, 818-325-6900 Ext. 6939,
http://www.arnoldshapiroprods.com/Arnol ... io%20.htmlShapiro's Teen Files:
http://www.arnoldshapiroprods.com/teenfiles.htmlWrote, Directed, Produced- Scared Straight:
http://www.docurama.com/b2b/images/rest ... VG9558.pdfAnd 'The Family' where family member compete against each other to win $1Mil:
http://www.pbfilm.com/news_letters/mar_ ... _index.htm
