Lights, camera, empowerment: Girls in STEM takes on Breck Film Fest

Lights, camera, empowerment: Girls in STEM takes on Breck Film Fest

Before anyone picks up a camera, Keystone Science School mentors ask young filmmakers a question: What does empowerment mean? For the fourth- through eighth-grade girls and non-binary students participating in Girls in STEM: Film Fest, the collaborative program puts that question into practice. Kids write stories, operate cameras, edit footage and divvy up roles as they race to produce short films in less than a day. Mentored by professional wom…