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For Ahkeem - Screening and Discussion

  • St Louis Public Library 1301 Olive Street St. Louis, MO, 63103 United States (map)

Join Connected Learning and St. Louis Public Library for a screening of an amazing film and discussion.  In the film For Ahkeem, after a school fight lands 17-year old Daje Shelton in a court-supervised alternative high school, she's determined to turn things around and make a better future for herself in her rough St. Louis neighborhood. But focusing on school is tough as she loses multiple friends to gun violence, falls in love for the first time, and becomes pregnant with a boy, Ahkeem, just as Ferguson erupts a few miles down the road. Through Daje's intimate coming-of-age story, For Ahkeem illuminates challenges that many Black teenagers face in America today, and witnesses the strength, resilience, and determination it takes to survive.

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Earlier Event: December 20
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Later Event: February 18
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