Support the documentary

Help carry the story forward.

Help preserve a history whose lessons can become a blueprint for Black education—and carry it from the archive to screens around the world.

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Complete the Alumni Directory

Reconnect with the IPE/NCDC village and help us reach alumni, parents, teachers, staff, and friends across generations.

Open the directory

Help Raise $4K for the Trailer

$650 has been raised. Your contribution will help us create the first public look at the documentary.

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Funding goals

Help us reach
the first $4,000.

The trailer is the immediate goal. Public fundraising is open through Zelle, with $650 raised toward the $4,000 production milestone.

Trailer fund

First milestone

^$4,000

$650 raised · 16.25%$4,000 goal

Documentary completion

Full production

^$75,000

Current amount coming soon$75,000 goal

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Support the documentary directly.

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Beyond a donation

Four ways to
join the village.

Share your story

Share a memory of a teacher, classmate, ritual, performance, or moment that reveals what the village meant.

Story form coming soon

Help build—and house—the archive

We are collecting photographs, documents, recordings, songs, rituals, and artwork while seeking a permanent institutional home for the collection. We also welcome guidance from professional archivists, librarians, preservation specialists, and repositories.

Offer archive expertise or a potential home

Reconnect alumni

Share the project with classmates and help the alumni directory reach every generation.

Complete the alumni directory

Host or sponsor

Support a screening, community gathering, interview trip, or stage of post-production.

Partner inquiry coming soon

A young child dancing beside a drummer as other children clap during a school performance — Learning culture in community: Jihad and Baba Marc

What your support preserves

A culture lived, learned, and passed forward.

Contributions help preserve the photographs, memories, music, and everyday experiences that show how children learned within the village.