Yda Of America Youth Documentary Academy

YDAs Summer Production Session brings together youth from Southern Colorado and pairs them with professional filmmaking mentors in the field. Over Eight weeks, youth learn every aspect of documentary film production while directing their own short personal project.

PBS Our Time Series - OUR TIME is a public television series acquired by American Public Television that broadcasts the short films made by YDA students in our program. In 2023, OUR TIME aired on over 83 percent of PBS stations nationwide and continues to stream at PBS.org.