Change the Name
World Premiere

Change the Name

Shorts
Short | United States | 20 MINUTES | English
Documentary, Politics

Student activists and educators from Village Leadership Academy campaign to change the name of a park from a slaveholder to abolitionists Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood.



Playing in: Queen Collective Shorts

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Cai Thomas

Cai Thomas is a documentary filmmaker telling verité stories at the intersection of location, self-determination, and identity about Black youth and elders. She is a NeXt Doc and Sisters in Cinema fellow.

Director
Cai Thomas
Producer
Cai Thomas, Donald Conley
Cinematographer
Cai Thomas, Eric Seals
Editor
Paloma Martinez

Contacts
Print Source
Nina Chaudry
Tribeca Studios
New York, NY 10003
tribecastudios@tribecafilm.com
US Sales Contact
Nina Chaudry
Tribeca Studios
New York, NY 10003
tribecastudios@tribecafilm.com
International Sales Contact
Nina Chaudry
Tribeca Studios
New York, NY 10003
tribecastudios@tribecafilm.com
Press Contact
Jeff Gray
Tribeca Studios
New York, NY 10003
jgray@tribecafilm.com

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