[Giving kids access to the highly competitive - and at times exclusive - industry is why Joe Hall founded the Ghetto Film School in 2000.] It seemed that filmmaking is such an elite art form - socially, economically and racially homogenous, ... It's so expensive to do, people have to work for free to get a break, and if you don't have a certain support system to do that, you don't think of filmmaking as a viable career. We wanted to connect the dots, provide kids with a solid foundation in narrative filmmaking, give them opportunities they might not otherwise have.
— Joe Hall
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