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.
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