FRIDAY May 30, 2025 4pm

• WELCOME TO SCHOOL – A DOCUMENTARY CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF MAYA ANGELOU SCHOOLS 
• Director: Kristin Adair
• NEW YORK Premiere
• USA, 2025, 26 min
• Category: Documentary

Welcome to School is a documentary produced in 2023 by the Maya Angelou Schools and See Forever Foundation in conjunction with Unchained Stories, a social impact production company. The film traces the 25-year legacy of the Washington, DC based Maya Angelou Schools’ storied history of grassroots organizing, resource activism, and creating a specialized safe space for carceral and alternative education students. Welcome to School is told through first-person narratives from current students, alumni, staff, faculty, and the organization’s founders. The intersection between poverty, public education, and the juvenile justice system from the 1990s to present day are examined alongside the retelling of the Maya Angelou Schools’ origins.