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Youth FX Participant, Co-Resaercher
Youth FX
Albany, New York, United States
Jazlyn “Jazzy” Gorousingh is a senior at Albany High School in Albany, NY and an engaged student-athlete on the track team and captain of the volleyball team. Jazzy was a part of Students Elevate during her junior year representing Albany High with other representatives from schools in the Capital Region to talk about school improvements and bring attention to equity issues. Jazzy has been a part of Youth FX since 2022, including the summer intensive film program, the History Reclamation Project, and the Gordon Parks: My Camera is a Weapon Photography program. She boasts skills as an actor, writer, documentary filmmaker, photographer, and cinematographer. Jazzy has been in AP classes since the 9th grade and has plans to go to college for filmmaking, acting, and psychology. Jazzy starred in and co-wrote one of the 2023 Youth FX Summer films, Getaway which will premiere in Spring 2024. Jazzy's work has been featured in the Capital Distorct for her work with "Gordon Parks: My Camera Is A Weapon," a photovoice project that highlight Gordon Parks’ philosophy that the camera was his weapon of choice to combat what he hated most about the world: intolerance, poverty, and racism. Jazzy has been a featured presented panelist at national conferences in filmmaking, socially engaged art, and digital media/social work collaborations.
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Friday, October 25, 2024
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CT