Just Yell Fire (2006)

Empowering girls to protect themselves

Just Yell Fire is a freely distributed 2006 film aimed at teaching young girls to defend themselves against attackers.

Date of release
2006-09-28
Runtime
48m
Director
Takafumi Uehara

Casting

Interesting facts

Just Yell Fire is a freely distributed 2006 film aimed at teaching young girls to defend themselves against attackers. Started as a school project by Dallas Jessup and Catherine Wehage, then freshman at St. Mary's Academy in Portland, Oregon, the project grew to include the celebrity endorsement of Josh Holloway and Evangeline Lilly of the television show Lost.

Production and distribution

Principal shooting was done over a span of five days in June 2006, primarily on the campus of Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon. Holloway and Lilly's segments in the video were shot separately from the rest of the film, in Hawaii, while Lost was on hiatus.

The film was completed by the end of the summer. After showings in late September and early October, Just Yell Fire was released for free online download. As of April 2008, the website has exceeded 5,000,000 hits, and over 425,000 DVDs have been given away or downloaded.

Jessup, Wehage, and fellow actor Matthew Wadzita continue the project speaking at schools, summer camps, and to groups. The presentation includes a showing of the film, a question and answer session, and then every girl there receives a DVD.

Jessup has developed a training course for PE Teachers and Coaches training them to in turn train students in the Just Yell Fire self-defense techniques. In 2012, Jessup received the World of Children Youth Award.

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