
Our Song
A quintessential “coming of age” film, Jim McKay’s drama is a stirring example of empathetic moviemaking. Kerry Washington, Melissa Martinez, and Anna Simpson are three African-American teens navigating a rocky road to adulthood where marching bands and motherhood share equal weight. McKay wrote the unusually perceptive screenplay.
About David Zeiger
Guggenheim Fellow David Zeiger has been making documentary films and series for 20 years, starting with The Band, a film about his son’s junior year in high school, broadcast on the PBS series P.O.V. in 1997. His short documentary, Funny Old Guys, was broadcast in 2002 by HBO. His 2006 film, Sir! No Sir!, ran theatrically in 65 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada and was broadcast in 200 countries worldwide. It won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival (Audience Award) and Hamptons Film Festival, and Seeds of War Award at the Full Frame Documentary Festival. In 2010 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and in 2012 completed his first narrative feature, Sweet Old World.
Thank you for that recommendation. You drove me straight to streaming, and a must watch place on my list