Film

For Ahkeem

2017 · 1h 29m · Documentary

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

75

After a school fight lands 17-year old Daje Shelton in a court-supervised alternative high school, she's determined to turn things around and make a better future for herself in her rough St. Louis neighborhood. But focusing on school is tough as she loses multiple friends to gun violence, falls in love for the first time, and becomes pregnant with a boy, Ahkeem, just as Ferguson erupts a few miles down the road. Through Daje's intimate coming-of-age story, For Ahkeem illuminates challenges that many Black teenagers face in America today, and witnesses the strength, resilience, and determination it takes to survive.

• Landon Van SoestDirector
• Jeremy S. LevineDirector

Release date

February 10, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Documentary