Apowerfulcontemporarynovelaboutanaspiring12year-oldfilmmakerwhoseworldisturnedupsidedownwhenhisgrandfatherisslaininasenselessandracistactofviolence.Fromtheauthoroftheaward-winningmemoir,Defiant:GrowingUpintheJimCrowSouthandco-editorofRecognize!AnAnthologyHonoringandAmplifyingBlackLife.“Apowerfulremindertoneverstopspeakingthetruth.“-KirkusReviewsLamarcan’twaittostarthisfilmmakingcareerlikehisidolSpikeLee.AndleavebehindhissmalltownofMorton,Louisiana.Butfornow,Lamarhastolearnhowtobeafilmmakerwhilegettingtoknowhisgrandfather.WhenGrampstalksabouthisactivismandBlackhistory,Lamardoesn’tthinkmuchaboutit.TimeshavechangedsincetheoldCivilRightsdays!Right?HehasawhitefriendnamedJeffwhowantstobeafilmmaker,too,eventhoughJeff’sparentsneverlethimgotoLamar’sBlackneighborhood.Butthere’sbeenprogressintown.Right?ThenGrampsiskilledinatrafficaltercationwithawhitemanclaimingself-defense.ButtheBlackcommunityknowsbetter:Grampsisanothervictimofracialviolence.Protestersdemandjustice.SodoesLamar.Butheisalsodeterminedtokeephisgrandfather’slegacyaliveintheonlywayheknowshow:recordingadocumentaryaboutthefightagainstinjustice.FromthecriticallyacclaimedauthorandthepublisherofJustUsBooks,WadeHudsoncomesariveting,timely,anddeeplymovingstoryaboutayoungBlackfilmmakerwhoseeyesareopenedtoracialinjusticeandbecomesinspiredtofollowinhisgrandfather’sactivistfootsteps.
