Lights! Camera! Action! Collinwood!

Rakim an aspiring young actor/producer and Roxanne, a screenwriter from Cleveland School of the Arts.

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The camera is on Collinwood Recreation Center's Digital Media Class, which is held on Wednesdays at 4:30pm. This year has started off well for the participants of the digital media class, which is a program offered by Institutional Community Development Corporation, an organization whose primary focus is economic and youth development.                                                                                                                              

Rakim Huff, an aspiring young actor and producer was selected to attend a private viewing in January of the new Scenarios USA Cleveland Real Deal film, "Speechless," a film written by 16-year-old Roxanne Lasker-Hall, a student from Cleveland School of the Arts. The actual movie premiered on April 9th at Tower City Cinemas during the Cleveland International Film Festival.                                                                                            

Alexis Nunn, a teen writer, singer and aspiring actress, along with Rakim Huff, were invited in February to be on the Student Selection Committee of the Cleveland International Film Festival. Alexis and Rakim, helped screen and pick films which were going to be included in the 37th Cleveland International Film Festival's FilmSlam.                                                                                                                                         

In March, Devon Merritt, 17, was invited to perform an original song that he had written in one of Detroit Michigan's well-known Showcases.                                                                                                                

On Saturday, April 20, 2013, Alexis Nunn, Devon Merritt, Rakim Huff, Amakhut Maati, Milan Woods, Edward Nix, and Jermonte' Simmons will perform a skit that they created on bullying called Impact-Rose Colored Glasses, at the 4th annual Youth Summit--"Diversity: The Different Faces of Youth" sponsored by the Youth Advisory Committee(YAC)of Ohio State University Extension. The youth summit is going to take place at Cleveland State University, from 9-4pm. For more information on the summit for youth 13-19, contact Robin Stone at 216-429-8200 ext.234.                                                                                                            

ICDC's mission is to use the Creative Class sectors of the arts, music, design, entertainment and education to encourage and promote entrepreneurship and employment opportunities. For more information, contact Darece Daniels at 216-812-6954.