SOLD OUT! Thank god I know people in high places & got a reserved seat 4 @pushoutfilm at @dtlafilmfest, winner of the AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD! #dtlaff #blackgirlmagic strikes again! Also, S/O 2 @1124design #artsimms 4 the beautiful key art. Google him! . The electrifying documentary, "PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools," co-written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Jacoba Atlas just nabbed the Audience Favorite Award at the 11th annual DTLA Film Festival. It screens today at 1:45 pm at Regal L.A. LIVE in #DTLA. Making its Los Angeles premiere, “PUSHOUT” is among the lineup of 36 feature-length movies, which includes narrative and 19 documentary films. The doc is based on two books by Dr. Monique W. Morris – that is, the groundbreaking book of the same name, “PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls In Schools” as well as “Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls” (The New Press). . . The doc confronts the criminalization and miseducation of black girls that leads to their alarming high school dropout rates and increased representation in the juvenile justice system. . #StayWoke Video was just release of a New Mexico cop manhandling a 11 year old in school! Check out footage of #zacharychristensen in my IG stories! . Let’s continue 2 stay woke! #socialactivism . . #me #smile #selfie #wyllisa #publicistdujour #pr #wrbpublicrelations #prmaven #publicitypimp #girlboss #bosslady #entrepreneur #womenpreneur #blogger #writer #instalike #photooftheday #picoftheday (at Regal Cinema at L.A. Live) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Izh10Fi5A/?igshid=1sgrevjdixit2
