“AMerican Dream: State of Failure”

Feature Film In Production

“AMERICAN DREAM: STATE OF FAILURE” FOCUSES ON THE GO GETTER IDEOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM (GOING TO A “GOOD” SCHOOL, GETTING A “GOOD” JOB” AND BUYING A HOUSE IN A “GOOD” NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS INGRAINED IN THE AMERICAN CONSCIOUS AS THE WAY OF OBTAINING SUCCESS, BUT THESE ARE NOT EASILY OBTAINABLE FOR MOST PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY LOWER CLASS PEOPLE OF COLOR. “AMERICAN DREAM: STATE OF FAILURE” TAKES AN INWARD LOOK AT THESE DYNAMICS INSIDE THE HEMPSTEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT, INFAMOUSLY ONE OF NEW YORK’S WORSE SCHOOLS IN ONE OF THE MOST SEGREGATED AREAS, FOCUSING ON THE GOVERNMENTS ABANDONMENT OF INTEGRATION AND REVITALIZATION EFFORTS AND THE HOPEFUL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORKING AGAINST THESE ODDS.