Innocence. (2021)

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• 2021
• Documentary
• Skyler Glover
• Goran Zaneti
• LaToya Fernandez
• Beija Gonzalez
• Laurie Valdez

A group of Black and Latin women activists in San José, California drive a grassroots movement to remove police from their children's schools. LaToya Fernandez, Beija Gonzalez, and Laurie Valdez join a chorus of voices across the country that has been growing since the murder of George Floyd to demand that their local government "defund the police" and allocate resources to their communities. The activists want their children's school districts to shift away from disciplinary practices and move towards more counseling services and other resources for children facing difficulties. LaToya and Laurie help mobilize their community to pressure the city's districts while Beija runs for local office to make changes from within. The women say they advocate so their children will not have to become lifelong activists like their mothers, or worse, become victims of the school-to-prison pipeline.