Exit Strategy

A taut dramedy about the future of public education, Exit Strategy examines the human implications of one school closing. A large city school is slated to permanently close at the end of the school year. The school’s staff reacts with different modes of self-survival while a precocious student redirects the school’s website to an Indiegogo campaign to fund the school. They’re all convinced that if they can get the attention of the wider — and whiter — Chicago community, that community will help save the school. As the year progresses, the students and staff experience how deeply the deck is stacked against the schoolkids.