Reel Works With Byron Hurt is a unique new program that presents the unfiltered voices of New York teens. Each week, acclaimed filmmaker Byron Hurt (“Hip Hop: Beats and Rhymes”) presents three stories by an extraordinary group of young filmmakers about the joys and the complex challenges of life as a teen in NYC. Targeted equally at the millions of teens facing adult-size choices, and the adults who care about what it’s really like growing up today.

The series is produced by Reel Works Productions, a youth-run company that, with the help of professional mentors, produces films for broadcast and for a slate of other clients. Reel Works films have aired on PBS, HBO, The Oprah Winfrey Show and at major film festivals across the country, and have garnered numerous awards including a National Student Emmy. Reel Works is the recipient of the President’s Council on the Humanities Coming Up Taller Award.