AERA Presidential Documentary Series: Let the Little Light Shine

Session Type: Documentary

Abstract

Let the Little Light Shine follows a remarkable movement: a group of people, some white and some Black, upper-middle-class and low-income, advocating for Black children’s futures. It weaves from classroom to district boardroom, a student’s kitchen to City Hall, meetings for the conversion of NTA and against. In doing so, it delves into the thorny politics of gentrification – the sanitized language of displacement, who and what is lost in the name of growth.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Film Maker

• Kevin Shaw, Director/Producer