Following a team of high school slam poets and their English teacher as they prepare for a national poetry competition one year after a tragedy changed their lives forever.
Director's Bio: Jo Rochelle is a Jamaican-American screenwriter and filmmaker based in California, originally from Minneapolis. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts as a Drama major, where she discovered her passion for writing and directing stories and hasn't stopped. She has written and directed award-winning short films and the feature film, “Jasmine is a Star” (streaming on FUSE+). Jo’s an alumnus of Teach for America where she taught 6th grade English and Social Studies in the Mississippi Delta. She was also a writer on seasons four and five of “Good Trouble” on Freeform/Hulu.
Brief Q&A with the filmmaker to follow screening.
Virtual Screening Notes: geoblocking set to Arkansas viewers only, in a 48-hour viewing window commencing when in-person screening begins
Following a team of high school slam poets and their English teacher as they prepare for a national poetry competition one year after a tragedy changed their lives forever.
Director's Bio: Jo Rochelle is a Jamaican-American screenwriter and filmmaker based in California, originally from Minneapolis. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts as a Drama major, where she discovered her passion for writing and directing stories and hasn't stopped. She has written and directed award-winning short films and the feature film, “Jasmine is a Star” (streaming on FUSE+). Jo’s an alumnus of Teach for America where she taught 6th grade English and Social Studies in the Mississippi Delta. She was also a writer on seasons four and five of “Good Trouble” on Freeform/Hulu.
Brief Q&A with the filmmaker to follow screening.
Virtual Screening Notes: geoblocking set to Arkansas viewers only, in a 48-hour viewing window commencing when in-person screening begins