Kids In The Spotlight
Our mission is to help foster youth confront, address, and overcome rejection and trauma through transformative storytelling and filmmaking—providing them with the support and skills needed to pursue higher education, gain employment, and become stable and productive members of society.
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LEARN ·2022 Grants ChallengeImpact Beyond the Silver Screen
Kids In The Spotlight (KITS) empowers L.A. foster youth to address and overcome trauma through the arts, telling their stories their way. Our Script-to-Screen programs culminate in the annual KITS Film Awards—think movie premiere meets the Oscars—where these opportunity youth are given celebrity treatment as they celebrate a year of learning, healing, and achievement. Prior to the awards portion of the evening, we screen the short films made that year, written by and starring our creative and talented youth, for an audience of 500+.
CREATE ·2021 Grants ChallengeBridging the Gap
Founded by a Black woman in 2009, KITS empowers foster youth to heal from trauma through the arts. Now, KITS is launching a Production Studio for a Cause to change the current trajectory of youth in foster care by increasing career readiness, social capital & personal wellness. Operating as a social enterprise, KITS will use the tools & labor income of the entertainment industry to provide racial & economic equity to LA’s most underserved youth through workplace training in – & the artistic outlet of – filmmaking & other creative industries.