Memoirs Of A Black Girl, Presented by The Boston Globe Black History Month Film Festival

A Coming-of-Age film that explores the lives of diverse urban students in an underserved High School in Roxbury, MA. Aisha Johnson, a young black girl is one of four city-wide finalists for a prestigious college scholarship. Her world is suddenly turned upside down though when she reports the school’s resident “it girls,” for smoking weed in the bathroom and becomes targeted as a “snitch”. Aisha must learn not only to navigate the challenging obstacles to survive while keeping her eyes on the prize.

After watching the film join filmmaker, Thato Mwosa, lead actress, Khai Tyler, Cinematographer, John ADekoje, and consulting producer, Jessica Estelle Huggins, in conversation with the Globe’s Dasia Moore.