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Let the Little Light Shine

A high-achieving elementary school just south of downtown Chicago is a lifeline for Black children—until gentrification threatens its closure.

Series

POV

Premiere Date

December 12, 2022

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production, Development

Awards & Recognition

Nominee

2023 Peabody Awards - George Foster Peabody Award

Nominee

2023 News and Documentary Emmy Awards - Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary

filmmaker Kevin Shaw
Kevin Shaw

Director

Kevin Shaw was a segment director and cinematographer on "America to Me," a STARZ mini-series from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Steve James. Shaw’s debut film, “The Street Stops Here,” aired nationally on PBS and ESPN in 2010 to rave reviews. Shaw is a graduate of Kartemquin Films Diverse Voices in Documentary program and a Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellow.
filmmaker Rachel Dickson
Rachel Dickson

Producer

Rachel Dickson produced "63 Boycott," which won the Jury Award for Best Short Documentary at the Nashville Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Pan-African Film Festival. Dickson was the supervising producer of "The School Project," a web series produced by Kartemquin Films and was a field producer for "Hard Earned," which won the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award.