Gentrification, go-go music, and politics interweave as a Washington D.C. community fights for its humanity, its unity, its voice, and its heartbeat.
60 minutes
Director/Producer
Nyjia is a Washington, D.C. native. After attending University of the Arts, she became a CPB Diversity Fellow and worked as a field producer on numerous docuseries. Her first documentary, JustUs, examines generational imprisonment. Her second documentary, Listen to My Heartbeat, looks at D.C.’s gentrification through the gaze of the city’s folkloric music, Go-Go.
Producer
Trevite Willis is an independent producer and film festival founder. She co-executive produced To Live and Die and Live, and executive produced The Forty-Year-Old Version. She is producing The Inquisitor: The Barbara Jordan Documentary.. She has produced seven feature films, including Cargo, Blood Bound, Maya and Her Lover, and Children of God.