Free Spirit Media
Free Spirit Media provides education, access, and opportunity in media production to over 500 underserved urban youth every year.
Since 2000, Free Spirit Media has offered life-changing experiences to youth across Chicago. FSM is advancing education and digital learning through our innovative program model. Hands-on and project-based media production opportunities with FSM are helping young people develop their authentic voice while actively learning about and addressing community issues. Learn more
![Artist Pedro Reyes and cellist Yo-Yo Ma prepare to plant trees with community members at North Lawndale's 150-year anniversary celebration, presenting Reyes' 2017 work "Palas por pistolas" (Guns into Shovels). Image by Terrance Patterson. United States, 2019.](/sites/default/files/terrence_02.jpg "Artist Pedro Reyes and cellist Yo-Yo Ma prepare to plant trees with community members at North Lawndale's 150-year anniversary celebration, presenting Reyes' 2017 work "Palas por pistolas." Image by Terrance Patterson. United States, 2019.")
!["The Dividing Line of Chicago," a documentary short produced through a partnership between the Pulitzer Center and Free Spirit Media, has been named a finalist for the 60th CINE Golden Eagle Award. Image by Jackson 4 Productions. 2016.](/sites/default/files/10-31-17/the_dividing_line_of_chicago.jpg ""The Dividing Line of Chicago," a documentary short produced through a partnership between the Pulitzer Center and Free Spirit Media, has been named a finalist for the 60th CINE Golden Eagle Award. Image by Jackson 4 Productions. 2016.")
