廉政追緝令
Dan Chen's documentary starts as a celebration of Black success but pulls back the curtain to ask more enticing questions about racial inequities in education. This review is part of our coverage of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. We've all seen those viral videos that circulated Instagram and TikTok a couple years back -- thrilling, giddy footage of young Black and Brown students crowded around another student with a laptop, bursting into cheers and elation when that student learns they're accepted into a prestigious Ivy League school. It's a moment of tremendous uplift, especially considering the dramatic divides in college acceptance rates between white and nonwhite students (to say nothing of the Ivy League). Continue Reading →