An archival documentary made under the guidance of Oscar award-winning editor, Purcell Carson, What's In a Name? details the legacy of the Hedgepeth-Williams School—the first middle school to be desegregated pre-Brown v. Board of Education—by observing the creative process of the school's annual theatre project detailing this very history.
Students were writing their own scenes while engaging in local history lessons about their city, Trenton, NJ.
Stills from What's In a Name?
excerpt from What's In a Name?*
co-written, directed, and edited by
AZARIAH JONES THEO WELLS-SPACKMAN
ADAM SANDERS JODIE DE-JESUS LA-TINA GRAHAM
SAFA DAFTANI
producer
PURCELL CARSON
additional camera
JEFF STEWART
*excerpt is edited by AZARIAH JONES
Stills from What's In a Name?
chapter excerpt from What's In a Name?
edited by
AZARIAH JONES
interview videography + setup
AZARIAH JONES
additional camera
JEFF STEWART
