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Teaching was a joy that Eva Ostrum had a difficult time giving up. But when the Boston public school teacher relocated to Manhattan and found that she couldn't live on a teacher's salary, she decided to find a new way to help students.
Ms. Ostrum formed College Broadband Inc., an educational consulting firm that uses technology and film to support urban students in the process of choosing a college, in 2000.
While the company is still struggling, its first video, "Turusma: A Young Man's Journey to College," has received acclaim from several regional film festivals and will be reviewed by a number of library journals this fall. It's meant to be shown to both guidance counselors and students, who Ms. Ostrum hopes will learn from watching...
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