Friday, September 15, 7:00 PM
Divided Attention
(2022, USA, 73 min)
By Stephanie Ramones

Divided Attention follows four students from Toby Farms, a public middle school in the historically underfunded Chester Upland School District, as they learn and practice mindfulness amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst the school to prison pipeline, and threat of charter takeover, Divided Attention is meant to serve as a call-to-action to address inequitable school funding for varied audiences such as students, parents and community members. The film models how mindfulness skills instruction could be implemented in schools to impact students' social-emotional wellbeing and potentially replace punitive practices.