For Ahkeem

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6.8/10

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* Top 10 List in Entertainment Weekly (Must List) and People Magazine (People Pick)
* Daje Shelton named on the Cinema Eye Honors List of Unforgettables in 2017, subjects that helped to define documentary cinema in 2017 according to IndieWire
* World Premiere, Berlin Film Festival, Nominated for Glashütte Original Documentary Award
* Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival
* Winner, Grand Jury Prize, Independent Film Festival Boston
* Official Selection, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
* Official Selection, Sheffield Doc/Fest
* Winner, Special Jury Mention, Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival
* Winner, Best Feature Documentary, Tacoma Film Festival
* Winner, Best Feature Documentary, International Black Film Festival
* Winner, Best Feature Documentary, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
* Winner, Outstanding Documentary Feature, Tallgrass Film Festival
* Official Selection of over 50 film festivals and counting

After a school fight lands 17-year old Daje Shelton in a court-supervised alternative high school, she's determined to turn things around and make a better future for herself in her rough St. Louis neighborhood. But focusing on school is tough as she loses multiple friends to gun violence, falls in love for the first time, and becomes pregnant with a boy, Ahkeem, just as Ferguson erupts a few miles down the road. Through Daje's intimate coming-of-age story, For Ahkeem illuminates challenges that many Black teenagers face in America today, and witnesses the strength, resilience, and determination it takes to survive.

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A junior high school student sees her chances of a better future jeopardized after she gets in a fight and is expelled.A junior high school student sees her chances of a better future jeopardized after she gets in a fight and is expelled.A junior high school student sees her chances of a better future jeopardized after she gets in a fight and is expelled.

Directors
- Jeremy S. Levine
- Landon Van Soest
Writer
- Anne Seidlitz
Star
- Daje Shelton

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

177

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Jeremy S. Levine
- Landon Van Soest
Writer
- Anne Seidlitz
Star
- Daje Shelton

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 11 wins & 5 nominations total

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Directors
- Jeremy S. Levine
- Landon Van Soest
Writer
- Anne Seidlitz
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8fiftycentqueen

So good

I'm watching this movie right now on Pluto. Thought provoking and heart wrenching. Loving it so far.

10veronasanders

It Takes You Thru a Rollercoaster of Emotions

At times I wanted to slap her but I was always cheering for Deja! As you hear all she's been through your heart softens towards her and all you want is for her to succeed! It left me wanting an update on how she's doing today!