About This Event
Homeroom
(USA, 2021, 90 minutes)
Homeroom follows a group of seniors at Oakland High School into spring 2020. Already facing hardships of poverty, displacement, fear of deportation, and intimidation from law enforcement, the students are derailed by COVID and rocked by the national trauma of the police killings of George Floyd and so many others; yet Homeroom celebrates the tenacity of today’s youth and their efforts for empowerment and justice.
Peter Nicks is an award-winning director/cinematographer known for immersive camera work, cinema vérité style, and films that explore complex social issues through intimate, character-driven non-fiction narratives. His recent feature documentary works include Anthem, following composer Kris Bowers’ journey to create a new American anthem, and Stephen Curry: Underrated, the coming-of-age story of a Bay Area basketball superstar. A graduate of Howard University, and with a Masters from the University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism, Nicks is the founder of Open’hood, a nonprofit media organization that uses storytelling to create more active and connected communities, and, along with Ryan Coogler, co-founder of Proximity Media.
About This Event
Homeroom
(USA, 2021, 90 minutes)
Homeroom follows a group of seniors at Oakland High School into spring 2020. Already facing hardships of poverty, displacement, fear of deportation, and intimidation from law enforcement, the students are derailed by COVID and rocked by the national trauma of the police killings of George Floyd and so many others; yet Homeroom celebrates the tenacity of today’s youth and their efforts for empowerment and justice.
Peter Nicks is an award-winning director/cinematographer known for immersive camera work, cinema vérité style, and films that explore complex social issues through intimate, character-driven non-fiction narratives. His recent feature documentary works include Anthem, following composer Kris Bowers’ journey to create a new American anthem, and Stephen Curry: Underrated, the coming-of-age story of a Bay Area basketball superstar. A graduate of Howard University, and with a Masters from the University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism, Nicks is the founder of Open’hood, a nonprofit media organization that uses storytelling to create more active and connected communities, and, along with Ryan Coogler, co-founder of Proximity Media.