Teen DocMakers Application

Aspiring Director, take Your Seat!

The Teen DocMakers Lab (TDM) is a free, award-winning, year-round, after school and summer intensive film program where high school students work in small teams and on their own to make a short documentary. TDM's curriculum is founded in the cinematic tradition of the Maysles brothers, direct cinema/cinema verité, and encourages exploration of new approaches to filmmaking grounded in the innovative films/makers of today. We are looking for youth who have a story to tell, and want to make moving and honest films about subjects important to them. Teen DocMakers Program year-long program is a free after-school film program that meets at Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Blvd).

NOVEMBER 2025 - JUNE 2026
Ages 13 - 18
FRIDAYS, 4-7 PM

Classes meet in person at Maysles Documentary Center.

Use the form to apply, or contact us with any questions at
education @ maysles.org

Name*

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Please use your personal email address instead of your school address.

Phone Number*

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What are you curious about in the documentary filmmaking process? What do you hope to learn?*

Tell us about a film that changed the way you think about yourself, your community, or the world?*

Tell us about your filmmaking experience and if you don’t have any, what do you look forward to learning?*

Tell us about an aspect of your community that you think would make a good subject for a film?*

Tell us about something you’re passionate about and why?*

How did you hear about TDM Lab?*

If you heard about TDM from a teacher, please write their name.

What other activities/travels are you involved in?*

Teen DocMakers Lab

Aspiring Director, take Your Seat!

NOVEMBER 2025 - JUNE 2026Ages 13 - 18FRIDAYS, 4-7 PM

NOVEMBER 2025 - JUNE 2026
Ages 13 - 18
FRIDAYS, 4-7 PM