Friendship Circle of New Jersey has won a 2010 Aegis Award for “Mindsets”, a 4 minute video produced by JewishFilms.com.
The Aegis Awards are the video industry’s premier competition for peer recognition of outstanding video productions and non-network TV commercials.
“Mindsets” was honored by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from across the country.
The video was created to help change the way people think about those with special needs. It was originally screened for over 900 people at the Friendship Circle Annual Banquet and has since been viewed online thousands of times at www.fcnj.com/mindsets.
“We knew that ‘Mindsets’ was something special and the feedback that we have received has been incredible, but winning an Aegis Award just confirms it and is a great honor,” said Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum, Executive Director of Friendship Circle. “JewishFilms.com has created the video presentations for all our annual banquets and we have always been impressed with their creativity and professionalism.”
“Mindsets”, which was written by Marlene Hammerling, directed by Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum and produced by Yankee Teitelbaum, is a moving palindrome presentation of how a Friendship Circle child, parent and teen volunteer view themselves. As one parent commented, “This video is the perfect mission statement for the Friendship Circle and is a must-see for everyone.”
“I watched it and sobbed,” said Jodi Zwain, whose son Max was featured in the video. “They were cathartic tears knowing that we had finally found a place where people understand my young adult child, where he feels safe, where he feels he can be who he is and not be judged, pressured or pushed.”
For more information on the Friendship Circle visit www.fcnj.com.
go yankee i also luved how the script was read backwards it was amazing i wanted 2 cry
go toronto fc
very moshiachdik
heart touching i love the palindromes at the end
It was such an amazing video, thank you 4 putting it up!
Thank u to all those volunteers out there!!!!!
This kind of script is called a palindrome, here is one that received world wide attention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA
moving and touching. Words can not do justice to this video….
From a mother with a child of special needs……
did anyone else notice how when the script was read backwards it had the opposite meaning? Very clever.
Amazing production.
That’s what you call amazing!!!!!!! Very emoitional!!!!!
Awsome video Yankee, as usual
|Great job Go Yankee Go really Beautiful.
I couldn’t hold back the tears and I consider myself one rugged guy. What a message and what a Kiddish Hashem!
Levi Grossbaum gets a lot of credit for editing and rewriting much of the script.
Truthfully, one can almost not comment on this video. The words enter one’s heart, the people enter one’s soul. You have taken what many in this world perceive as not a gift from G-d and made it into the biggest gift. You have opened people’s minds. You have made what many perceive as selfish teenagers into giving, thoughtful, productive members of society. You have given parents a respite. May Hashem bless all who are affiliated with the Friendship Circle with the strength, wisdom, compassion and love to carry on their work with ever increasing dedication.
Really really good job on the video!
very nice and inspiring
very touching and cool!!!
i loved it!!!!
Yankee Teitelbaum….brilliant as always!!!!
You are amazing at telling the story……..
continued Hatzlocha
all of us @ NCFJE……whose story you tell so eloquently….
http://www.ncfje.org
this is amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was so cute, don’t know the person who wrote it, but thumbs up!
so cool!!
so cool and moving at the same time! go FC!