Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nicks previously directed 2012’s The Waiting Room, set in a public hospital, and 2017’s The Force, which covers the troubled ...

Sundance: A vérité doc about the senior class of Oakland High School finds resilience in the face of COVID, tragedy, and systemic injustice. Drawing to a close with its most personal and difficult ...

The makers of the private photo-sharing app Cluster have been experimenting with spinning off the service’s technology into different verticals in recent days, including apps designed for documenting ...

NEW YORK – Oakland filmmaker Peter Nicks had already made two well-regarded documentaries capturing the flawed institutions of his city and their role in shaping local lives: 2012’s “The Waiting Room, ...

The West Jefferson Hills school district, near Pittsburgh, recently changed the schedule at Thomas Jefferson High School. Starting with the 2014-15 school year, students will have eight class periods ...

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with director Peter Nicks about his latest documentary, Homeroom. It's the latest and final film in a trilogy about Oakland students. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Y'all need to show ...

Homeroom filmmaker Peter Nicks, whose documentary delves into the lives of a high school class in Oakland, CA, dealing with troubling issues ranging from the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic to ...

Peter Nicks' documentary traces a year of institutional struggle — and COVID-caused disruption — in the Oakland public school system. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Early in Peter Nicks’ ...

Homeroom, which was an official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is the final chapter in a trilogy of films examining the relationship between health care, criminal justice, and ...