HOMEROOM

Director Peter Nicks is the recipient of DOC NYC’s 2021 Robert and Anne Drew Award that honors excellence in observational documentary. Following his films The Waiting Room and The Force, Homeroom completes a thematic trilogy exploring different institutions in Oakland, California. Here, we follow the senior class of Oakland High School through the tumultuous year of 2019-2020, as they find their voices to speak out against a backdrop of Covid-19 and police violence.

-Courtesy of Hulu

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Peter Nicks.

This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:
Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Cinepolis Chelsea
Closed Captioning for online screenings

All in-person screening venues provide hearing impaired listening devices upon request with venue management.

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