VICE & Scion AV Launch New Series

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SCION AV AND VICE LAUNCH NEW SERIES YOUNG AMERICANS
BY FILMMAKER LANCE BANGS

Venturing across the United States to get the youth's take on the direction of our country and their place within it


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(New York, NY) - December 11, 2012 - Scion AV has launched Young Americans in collaboration with VICE - an eight-part series about what really went down in 2012 and what young people had to say about it. Filmmaker Lance Bangs, and company, traveled across the United States talking to hundreds of young adults about their hopes, fears, concerns and frustrations.  From parking lots, backyards, offices, protest sites, parks, couches, and convenience stores a wide range of underrepresented voices and viewpoints emerged.

In the first episode of Young Americans, debuting on Scion AV's YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/scionav), we meet with a handful of young adults from across the country to find out how they spent their summers.

PRESS HERE<http://www.youtube.com/scionav> to WATCH the first episode.
Future episodes will include young people's take on the economy, the American Dream, social media, higher education and more.

Of the series, director Lance Bangs says, "I began the shoots feeling a sense of detachment and frustration from many of the young people I was meeting and filming, who were largely concerned with navigating a stressed financial landscape. As my travels went on and the election year backdrop ramped up, people became more engaged in conversations about the direction of the country and carving out their own place within it."

ABOUT SCION AV
Scion AV is a creative enterprise of Scion devoted to the discovery, nurture, funding and distribution of compelling music and arts programming.  Scion A/V has created and championed projects for over 100 underground musical artists, supported tours and special events, created film documentaries, curated art installations, and produced a collection of 'zines. In addition, Scion A/V executes the annual Scion Music(less) Music Conference and operates 17 broadband radio stations via Scion Streaming Radio. For more information, visit www.ScionAV.com<http://www.ScionAV.com>.

About VICE
VICE was launched in 1994 as a 'punk zine' and has since expanded into a leading global youth media company with bureaus in over 30 countries. VICE operates the world's premier original online video destination, www.VICE.com<http://www.VICE.com>, an international network of digital channels, a television production studio, a magazine, a record label, an in-house creative services agency and a book-publishing division. VICE's digital channels include The Creators Project, dedicated to the arts and creativity, Motherboard, covering cultural happenings in technology, and Noisey, a music discovery channel. To date, VICE boasts over 60 established shows that cover everything from current events, to sex, to investigative reporting, to music, to kittens.


For press inquiries on Young Americans please contact:
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Tasya Swisko // tasya at pressherepublicity.com<mailto:tasya at pressherepublicity.com>
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Tasya Swisko
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