What is a Digital Story?

A digital story is a two to five minute video created by an individual sharing their own life story through voice, images, music, and other found objects in their lives. The digital storytelling workshops blend creative writing, oral history, and digital video production to support individuals and communities in making connections between their own lives and the lives of others.

Digital storytelling workshops offer a safe, supportive environment in which participants with little to no prior video-making experience craft and record personal narratives; collect still images, video clips and music with which to illustrate these narratives; and are guided through computer tutorials that enable them to edit their own stories into a short movie.

About the Centre For Digital Storytelling

Since its inception in the early 1990s, the Centre for Digital Storytelling has worked with a broad spectrum of groups and individuals.  They have worked extensively in the school systems, training both students and teachers from K - 12, college and university.  More than 10 000 people have participated in workshops in 23 countries around the world.  Participants' stories have been featured on television,  in classrooms, at film festivals, on the web, and through various other community events.

The Workshop

This March 23rd, 24th, and 25th, The Centre for Digital Storytelling will offer an opportunity for ten young queer people from in and around Sault Ste Marie to create their own digital stories, to be shared during the Fifth Annual Queer Voices of the North Film Festival in March 2010, as well as featured on our website.

To qualify, you must self-identify as queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, ogichidaakwe, ogokwenini, transsexual, or otherwise queer or two-spirited), and be under the age of 30. Applications should be submitted by February 15th.

Anishinaabek, Métis, and Francophones are particularly encouraged to apply.