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2023100 minPGdocumentary

Social Inequality Racial Justice

Sandtown

2023100 minPGdocumentary

In West Baltimore's Sandtown neighborhood, a social justice activist's son returns to evaluate the effects of 30 years of community efforts on his childhood home.

Social Inequality Racial Justice

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Isaiah Smallman

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In West Baltimore's Sandtown neighborhood, a social justice activist's son returns to evaluate the effects of 30 years of community efforts on his childhood home.

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Isaiah Smallmandirector

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30 years after a team of young social-justice-warriors move to Sandtown, a crumbling neighborhood in West Baltimore, the son of two of them returns home to reconnect with friends and explore what, if anything, has changed. In the process he rediscovers the story of his life.

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