Featured Project
Valentina Mindoljevic
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2007, 5:08 minutes

Valentina Mindoljevic is a physics teacher in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who challenges and inspires her students. This project was produced by Goran Tiro and Emina Kujundzic as part of the 2007 MY HERO Global Exchange Workshops held at the OKC Abrasevic in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This project won First Place in the Filmmaker Category in the 2007 MY HERO Film Festival.


Featured Mentor

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English Teacher & Media Arts Educator
Martin Luther King Secondary Girls School
Dakar, Senegal

Cheikh Darou Seck is a filmmaker and teacher from Senegal. He teaches English in the Martin Luther King Secondary School for Girls in Dakar, and has been affiliated with the MY HERO Project for many years as an educator and a filmmaker. His short film, "The Birdmaker" won the Best of Fest Award at the 2005 MY HERO Film Festival.

Featured Workshop

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Royal Film Commision
Amman, Jordan
Site Administrators: Mohannad Al-Bakri & Rula Nasser
Visiting Educators: Wendy Milette & Chris Cain

After twenty-four hours of travel and a ten-hour time-zone change we arrived in Amman, Jordan where we were met with immediate hospitality. We felt welcome and respected on our visit to the Royal Film Commission where the MY HERO Filmmaking workshops were to take place...(more)

Featured Resource
By MY HERO Art Director, Nathan Smith
Laguna Beach, California
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Discover how to launch a GX Portal in your school or community to introduce young people to 21st century digital arts and media literacy skills.


The MY HERO Global Exchange engages underserved young people from around the world in a participatory experience that promotes a positive view of humanity. Led by accomplished video artists and media educators from throughtout the world, the GX workshops introduce young people to 21st century digital arts and media literacy skills. Participants publish their hero stories, art and films to share with our global online audience.


Global Exchange - More Featured Projects

Senegal 5mn minutes

Dr Ed talks about the history of iearn and how it has been impacting and empowering people to make a difference in the world.

Senegal 2:19 minutes

Japan art mile project is working real good.They have already made an impressive number of murals with so many schools and students involved

Senegal 4 mn minutes

This part 1 of the opening ceremony of the iearn conference in Ifrane, Morocco

Senegal 5 minutes

The Second annual Senegal Hero Fest was held in June 2009. Many students, artists and heroes joined the celebration held at the American Corner in Dakar.

Senegal 4:16 minutes

the film is about an old man who helps sick people curing them with plants and tree leaves

Senegal 3:53 minutes

A film by Adams Sie about Mrs. Viola Vaughn who runs "10,000 Girls," a project in Senegal, Africa, which aims to help girls in education and vocational training.

Senegal 4:29 minutes

Produced by Mame Fatou Ndiaye, this project is about a young Senegalese woman known as the "Malaria Queen," for her tenacious drive to eradicate Malaria.

Montenegro 4 minutes

Ana Bodganovic interviews her hero, her grandmother Mileva.

Senegal 6:12 minutes

This is a movie about the people operating the MY HERO project it is a tribute to the heroes working behind the scenes to empower and promote the others.

USA 1:27 minutes

Visiting the Birdmaker - camcorder: Cheikh Darou Seck, Antonio Mendoza. A visit to the celebrated Senegalese artist, Mamadou Tall Diedhiou who recites a poem about his village

Jordan 6:15 minutes

Nothing is more beautiful than childhood, It is the charm in our lives, nothing is more important to us than our children. Drawing a smile on their faces and filling their lives with happiness is what we look for. By: Dunia Karadsheh, Fayez Burqan, Arpi Palulian, Karin Miqdady

Senegal 6:32 minutes

"Awadi: Messenger of Truth" is about the Senegalese rapper, Awadi, and how he merges his music with his activism and his commitment to social issues. This project was done by Fatou Jupiter Toure and Aicha Thiam during the April 2008 My Hero Global Exchange Workshops in Dakar.

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3:20 minutes

This film is about OKC Abrasevic, a restored community center in the heart of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The center is in what use to be the front-line during the war in 1993. After the war a group of activist have reconstructed and restored the center to serve the youth of this divided city. This film was made by Katie Hampton and Anina Sator.

Jordan 5 minutes

By Leen, Ramez, Sabal & Najaa. This film is a tribute to a wonderful hero - Hatem - who has autism. The film was made in the Jordan Royal Film Commission workshop through the MY HERO Global Exchange.

Jordan 2 minutes

In the midst of troubled times we find self expression to be very heroic - this is a call to create!

Jordan 3 minutes

by Nadine, Mohammad, Aya and Deya. Honoring the men in Orange.

Senegal 2:42 minutes

This story is about a bridge in Fadiouth, a small island 114 Km. east of Dakar. The population is 50% Muslim, 50% Christian. The bridge symbolizes the harmony of the two communities living in the island.

USA 6 minutes

This piece was done during the My HERO GX Workshops in Laguna Beach, California. It's about a local Laguna Beach artist, Doug Miller, and his wife, Becky.

USA 6 minutes

Slater works with other youth activists in a colorful celebration of Peace Day. This film was honored with First Prize in the 2007 MY HERO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL for High School Productions. Slater Jewell Kemker directed and edited this short.

Montenegro 4:48 minutes

This project is about a crew of Roma (gypsies) breakdancers from a slum outside Podgorica called Konik City. It was produced as part of the 2007 MY HERO Global Exchange Workshops held in Podgorica, Montenegroby George Grayson, DJ Aki Muric, Kate Carr and Boro Milovic.

Bosnia and Herzegovina 5:08 minutes

Valentina Mindoljevic is a physics teacher in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina who challenges and inspires her students. This project was produced by Goran Tiro and Emina Kujundzic as part of the 2007 MY HERO Global Exchange Workshops held at the OKC Abrasevic in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Macedonia 3:02 minutes

This project was produced by Xheladin Poshka, Olsa Maze and Perica Sazdovski as part of the MY HERO Global Exchange Workshops held at Loja in Tetova, Macedonia.

Macedonia 3:19 minutes

A short film created during the MY HERO Global Exchange Workshops in Macedonia about the city of Tetovo as a hero. The makers of this project were Zoran Ilic, Arta Abazi and Predrag Koceski. The music was written by Zoran.


Our team of media artists and educators are available to lead and assist groups interested in planning MY HERO digital arts workshops. For more information, or to become involved as a partner or mentor, please contact The MY HERO Project at myhero@myhero.com.