Expired August 21, 2021 2:00 PM
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Kafi Dixon dreams of starting a land cooperative for women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement in the city of Boston. By day she drives a city bus; at night she studies the humanities in a tuition-free course. Her classmate Carl Chandler, a community elder, is the class’s intellectual leader. White suburban filmmaker James Rutenbeck documents the students’ engagement with the humanities. He looks for transformations but is awakened to the violence, racism, and gentrification that threaten Kafi and Carl's very place in the city. Troubled by his failure to bring the film together, he enlists the pair as collaborators with a share in the film revenues. Five years on, despite many obstacles, Kafi and Carl arrive at surprising new places in their lives—and James does too.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    83 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Atlanta
  • Director
    James Rutenbeck
  • Screenwriter
    James Rutenbeck
  • Producer
    Kafi Dixon, Carl Chandler, James Rutenbeck
  • Executive Producer
    Llewellyn Smith, Anne Marie Stein
  • Co-Producer
    Heather Merrill, Diana Fischer
  • Filmmaker
    James Rutenbeck
  • Cast
    Kafi Dixon, Carl Chandler, Tim McCarthy, Jack Cheng
  • Cinematographer
    Allie Humenuk, P.H. O'Brien
  • Editor
    James Rutenbeck
  • Animator
    Molly Schwartz
  • Composer
    Nate May
  • Sound Design
    Greg McCleary