For over three years, Alexis and Kellie have demanded the return of their children. With the help of a former social worker turned parent advocate, Alexis and Kellie fight to reunite with their children after they were removed from their homes.
Directed and produced by Myah Overstreet, TO BE INVISIBLE is a New Yorker short documentary that offers a critical analysis of the family policing system through real experiences of Black families. It is a story of redemption and love.
“There are Black communities — especially segregated, impoverished Black neighborhoods — where there is intense concentration of child-welfare-agency involvement, and children are at high risk of being subjected to investigation, to being removed from their homes, to spending a long time in foster care, and for their parents rights to be terminated.”
Leading up to its publication on The New Yorker Documentary, To Be Invisible hit the road to different cities across the country for its festival run and impact campaign.
We’ve hosted local community screenings in six cities where the movement to abolish child protective services is being led by Black and brown women. The campaign launched with a local screening in Durham, North Carolina. To continue the movement, we traveled to Baltimore, MD, Philadelphia, PA, Oakland, CA, Los Angeles, CA, and Washington, D.C. to host community screenings and panel discussions.
Next stops: New York City and Chicago!
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