First Generation
- Documentary
Overview
An award-winning feature-length documentary narrated by Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, FIRST GENERATION tells the story of four high school students - an inner city athlete, a small town waitress, a Samoan warrior dancer, and the daughter of migrant field workers - who set out to break the cycle of poverty and bring hope to their families and communities by pursuing a college education. Shot over the course of three years and featuring some of our nation’s top educational experts (Richard Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation; J.B. Schramm, College Summit; Dr. Bill Tierney, University of Southern California), this 95 minute documentary explores the problem of college access faced by first generation and low-income students and how their success has major implications for the future of our nation.
Keywords
- woman director
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 2011
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Cast
- Blair Underwood
- Director
- Adam Fenderson,Jaye Fenderson
- Producer
- Stacy Ekstein
- Cinematography
- Chris Ekstein
- Music
- Nathan Matthew David
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt1218505