Recent High School Grad, Local Filmmaker Team Up To Create Documentary Exploring "School To Prison" Pipeline

By Pauleen Le, CBS Minnesota

July 10, 2022

A recent Benilde-St. Margaret High School grad is on a mission to change the future for Black youth.

Emani Labon, with the help of independent filmmaker Taylour Alexandria, has spent nearly the last year examining the troubling "school to prison" pipeline and how Black youth are disproportionately treated and criminalized compared to their white counterparts.

"We want things to change for Black students because we care so much," Labon said.

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