Virgin Mobile FreeFest Rocks On Through Documentaries

This past summer's 2009 Virgin Mobile FreeFest, held in Columbia, Maryland on August 30, 2009, will again be accessible via documentary film. During the free music festival, a team of 14 aspiring filmmakers between the ages of 16 and 22 were given the rare opportunity to create a behind-the-scenes "All Access" rockumentary that captures the high voltage energy of bands like Public Enemy, Weezer, Blink-182 and others as a way of boosting awareess about the problems of homeless youth. The free music festival and documentary project were sponsored by Kyocera Wireless, a company that's made public awareness about homeless youth its mission.

Music fans and the general public will have their own all access passes to see the star-studded rockumentary from November 10 through December 14, when the Indepenent Film Channel showcases the project in a series of six weekly vignettes that air every Tuesday night. Don't have IFC? That's no excuse for not watching these energy-packed vignettes -- they're also being shown at Billboard.com and Sasha Bruce House, a non-profit shelter for homeless youth in our nation's capital. November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month and, yes, there are homeless kids in our nation's capital.