2025 RISING: Pearl Louise’s PASS THE NAILS & SHAME THE DEVIL

A true story. A Southern family originally from Louisiana decides to build a house in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Oakland, CA. It’s the Mid-1980’s and the Crack Epidemic and all its danger, recklessness and destruction has taken a foothold in this struggling neighborhood. But with the determination of this family, headed by a strong-willed mother and father and their daughter Pearl, they gather a motley crew of men: parolees, those fighting drug addiction, the least fortunate, and together they fight to make this dream home into a reality.