Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Mar 29, 2019

1h 30m

★ 1.0

Overview

"PUSHOUT" is a feature length film confronting the criminalization and miseducation of African American girls that has led to their alarming high school dropout rate and increase into the juvenile justice system.

Genres

Documentary

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