Premiere Screening: The Class Feat. Daveed Diggs, Filmmakers, and Guests
Join Executive Producer Daveed Diggs at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland for a red carpet premiere screening previewing KQED’s new documentary series The Class.
Following a group of East Bay high school students in their senior year as they grapple with a global pandemic and the ways it turns their high school experience upside down, the series is a testament to their resilience and one passionate educator’s faith in their futures.
The screening will be followed Q&A with filmmakers Jaye and Adam Fenderson, Diggs and some of the series’ featured subjects.
Schedule
- 11:00AM – Doors & Red Carpet
- 11:30AM – Screening
- 1:15PM – Q&A
About the Series
In the East Bay community of Antioch, CA the seniors at Deer Valley High School journey towards their futures in higher education amid the turmoil of a pandemic year.
Higher education is the single most important step that young people can take to transform their lives. Yet, the national student-to-counselor ratio is 482:1. So even in the best of times, too many talented students in low-income communities are getting left behind.
Deer Valley HS’s new college adviser, “Mr. Cam” is fighting to change that narrative. With exceptional passion and determination, he empowers the Class of 2021 to overcome the challenges they face while ceaselessly fighting for their dreams of a college degree.
From Tony- and Grammy-winning Executive Producer Daveed Diggs (Blindspotting, Snowpiercer, Hamilton), Executive Producer Nicole Hurd (President, Lafayette College), and award-winning filmmakers Jaye and Adam Fenderson (First Generation, Unlikely), this dramatic six-part series, filmed over the course of the 2020-2021 school year, captures an unprecedented moment in time and the universal stories of hope, resolve, strength and success found in the most unexpected places.
The Class airs on KQED TV channels as follows:
- Fridays at 8pm on KQED 9 starting 3/21
- Saturdays at 6pm on KQED 9 starting 3/22
- Mondays at 9pm on KQED 9 starting 3/24
- Sundays at 8pm on KQED Plus starting 3/23