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 A. Willis is head of production at Best Yet Entertainment and founder of Southern Fried Filmworks and Festival. With more than 20 credits over two decades, her work includes Harvest, Cannes winner The President’s Cake, Sundance hit The Forty-Year-Old Version, and Broadway’s revival of The Wiz.