For Ahkeem
A fight at school sends Daje Shelton, 17, to a court-supervised alternative high school. She wants to turn things around and make a better future for herself in her rough St. Louis neighborhood, so she goes to the school with the help of the judge. That's hard because she loses a lot of friends to gun violence, falls in love for the first time, and gets pregnant with a boy named Ahkeem, all while Ferguson is going on a few miles away. Using Daje's own coming-of-age story, "For Ahkeem" shows the challenges that many Black teenagers in the United States face today, as well as the strength and resilience it takes to get through them.
Released: 2017-02-10
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Duration: 89
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