Anissa Latham is an Emmy®-nominated filmmaker from Birmingham, Alabama. She works as a video producer for social brand “It’s a Southern Thing.”
As uprisings spread across the country, a young poet in Birmingham, Alabama becomes involved in local protests against decades of police brutality. As he tries to reconcile the city’s modern image as a diverse and welcoming metropolis with its violent and complex civil rights history, he suddenly becomes a part of the story when he’s arrested at a demonstration.