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.

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

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Director: Peter Nicks
Executive Producer: Ryan Coogler, Laurene Powell Jobs, Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott, Jonathan Silberberg, Jen Rainin, Tony Hsieh, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn Everett
Producer: Peter Nicks, Sean Havey
Cinematographer: Sean Havey
Editor: Kristina Motwani and Rebecca Adorno
Music: Mike Tuccillo (music by), Julie Glaze Houlihan (music supervisor)
Language: English
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Publicist: Hulu
US Distributor: Hulu