Homeroom: New Doc Inside The Challenges of Inner City Students

A Sundance Official Selection, Homeroom follows Oakland High School’s class of 2020 – made up of largely Latino and Black students – as they confront an unprecedented year.

Anxiety over test scores and college applications gives way to uncertainty springing from a rapidly developing pandemic. Efforts to eliminate the school district’s police force unfold against the backdrop of growing nationwide demands for systemic change.  This is a docuseries for our times that takes us inside the world of young brown and black students as they try to navigate the tribulations of a fast-changing world, and one that rarely promises the opportunities that other communities‘ youth enjoy.

Directed by Peter Nicks, produced by Nicks and Sean Havey and executive produced by Ryan Coogler. A Concordia Studio, Open’hood production, in association with XTR and Proximity Media. Additional executive producers include Laurene Powell Jobs, Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott, Jonathan Silberberg, Jen Rainin, Tony Hsieh, Bryn Mooser, and Kathryn Everett.

The series debuts on Hulu August 12th and theaters on August 13th. Check out the trailer here: