By: Co-Editor, Bobby B:

We do not usually discuss the arts on this blog but here is an announcement that came across my desk that I feel is of great interest to the entrepreneurial community.

On October 13, 2009, 50 Eggs Productions, an independent film company, today a announced major partnership with AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMC), which will exclusively release the production company’s newest film TEN9EIGHT: Shoot for the Moon during Global Entrepreneurship Week. The film is expected to draw national and international attention to and its message about the life-changing power of teaching entrepreneurship to kids from the inner city. TEN9EIGHT, whose title refers to the fact that every nine seconds a kid drops out of a U.S. high school, is especially timely given the an economic recession and a dropout crisis, in which ways must be found to engage youth.

The film, which is produced and directed by award winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio, chronicles the inspirational stories of several teens from low-income communities – many of whom are on the bubble: on the verge of dropping out, joining a gang, or worse.
These students enroll in a course at school – an innovative program that teaches these students how to become entrepreneurs. They learn how to read a balance sheet and how to start a business. 24,000 of these students, from Harlem to Compton (and all points in between) then enter a nationwide business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).
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