In the aftermath of a school shooting, a once-brilliant slam poetry team has lost their voice—now their English teacher must overcome crippling PTSD to return to the classroom and help them find healing through words on the national stage.
Jo Rochelle is a Jamaican-American screenwriter and filmmaker based in California, originally from Minneapolis. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts as a Drama major, where she discovered her passion for writing and directing stories and hasn't stopped. She has written and directed award-winning short films and the feature film, “Jasmine is a Star” (streaming on FUSE+). Jo’s an alumnus of Teach for America where she taught 6th grade English and Social Studies in the Mississippi Delta. She was also a writer on multiple seasons of “Good Trouble” on Freeform/Hulu. Her latest feature, "Dead Deer High", had its world premiere at SXSW 2026.
World Premiere - SXSW 2026
