FYI FILMS Celebrates 10 Years and Premieres 2 Films at Barnsdall Park in Los Angeles, CA

LOS ANGELES - Oct. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- Films By Youth Inside aka FYI FILMS celebrates 10 years and will screen 2 films, "Love Between A Boy and a Girl," and "Coming Home" at Barnsdall Park in Los Angeles, CA on October 10, 2015 from 5:30PM-9:30PM. For ticket info visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/october-10th-barnsdall-art-park-foundation-presents-fyi-films-stand-and-deliver-tickets-18273157506.

The first film, "Love Between a Boy & Girl", is written and directed by Latino Teens from Boyle Heights, CA. The film is about a 16 year old teenager who must choose between 2 baby-mamas while thinking of his own future.  The second film, "Coming Home" is written and directed by youth from Compton, CA and has already won two film festival awards. It is about a young black teen who returns home only to discover that his father no longer wants him.

For over a decade, FYI Films has taught filmmaking skills to incarcerated youths to empower them and to help young people change their lives.  Founded by Award-winning filmmaker, Alex C. Muñoz, FYI Films continues to change the lives of youth.  Muñoz comments, "I created FYI Films as a way to give back to the community and to bring hope to young people."  Recently, FYI Films expanded their program and brought it to teens on a Native American reservation in Colorado.  The teens wrote, directed & performed in a short called 'Escape' which screened at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez, Colorado.

In addition to FYI Films, Muñoz also works in Hollywood as a writer/director.  His documentary, "A Dream Deferred" will premiere at the Englewood International Film Festival in Chicago, IL the weekend of Oct. 22nd 2015. "A Dream Deferred" is about NBA star Derrick Rose's season ending injury in Game 1 of the NBA Playoffs vs. the Sixers.  Currently,  Muñoz's award-winning series, "Griot's Lament" is streaming on Amazon and will screen at the Guam International Film Festival and at the Hawaii International Film Festival.  Muñoz is currently in pre-production on his next film, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" which will begin filming in February 2016.

For more information on FYI Films, please visit http://FilmsByYouthInside.org.  To stay current with Muñoz, follow him on online at twitter.com/AleksMunoz  and facebook.com/AleksMunoz