Community Filmmaking Leads to Empowerment | Zan Azlee | TEDxUTM

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NOTE FROM TED: TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf What happens when communities are given the power to tell their own stories? Zan Azlee explores how cameras can move beyond documentation to become tools for expression, agency, and connection. Through his experiences working with communities and young people, he examines how storytelling can shift perspectives and give people the opportunity to be seen and heard on their own terms. Zan Azlee is a journalist and documentary filmmaker who uses storytelling to explore communities, perspectives, and issues that are often overlooked. Through filmmaking, he has seen how access to storytelling tools can enable individuals and communities to communicate their own experiences and ideas. His work explores the power of participatory and community filmmaking not simply as a form of creative

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