# DeKalb Elementary

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{{Infobox film
| name           = DeKalb Elementary
| director       = [Reed Van Dyk](/source/Reed_Van_Dyk)
| image          = DeKalb Elementary.jpg
| caption        = Poster
| producer       = Cory Desrosiers<br>Enrique Rico Diaz<br>Christopher Leavins<br>Morgan Peterson<br>Ricardo Ramirez<br>Reed Van Dyk
| writer         = Reed Van Dyk
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* Tarra Riggs
* Bo Mitchell
}}
| narrator       = <!-- or: |narrators = -->
| music          = 
| cinematography = Jon Peter
| editing        = Reed Van Dyk
| studio         = Off Road Pictures
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|2017|02|04|[Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival](/source/Clermont-Ferrand_Film_Festival)|2017|03|11|[SXSW](/source/SXSW)}}
| runtime        = 21 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''DeKalb Elementary''''' is a 2017 American live-action short film directed by [Reed Van Dyk](/source/Reed_Van_Dyk) and starring Tarra Riggs and Bo Mitchell. It was nominated for an [Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Live_Action_Short_Film) at the [90th Academy Awards](/source/90th_Academy_Awards) in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/oscar-nominations-2018-academy-award-nominees-1202266874/ |title= Oscar Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads Way With 13 |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=January 23, 2018 |website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood) |access-date=January 24, 2018 |quote=}}</ref>

==Premise==
Based on an actual [911](/source/911_(emergency_telephone_number)) phone call, a gunman enters an [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)) elementary school and encounters a compassionate employee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://labrasserieducourt.com/en/dekalb-elementary/ |title= Breakfast with DeKalb Elementary |last=MyDlarama |first=Alba |date=February 8, 2017 |website= |publisher=La brasserie du court |access-date=January 24, 2018 |quote=}}</ref>

==Cast==
* Shinelle Azoroh as Lakisha
* John Brockus as Detective Brooks
* Deloris Crenshaw as Miss Thompson
* Brie Eley as Miss Harris
* Jason Fracaro as Officer Gomez
* Sinora Glenn as Nurse Davis
* Del Hunter-White as Dee
* Lou Justice Johnson as Officer Jackson
* Levystein Lockett as Officer Williams
* Bo Mitchell as Steven Hall
* Peyton Perrin as Darius
* Lony'e Perrine as Miss Mitchell
* Champagne Powell as Devon
* Hansford Prince as Principal Flanagan
* Tarra Riggs as Cassandra Rice
* [Tobie Windham](/source/Tobie_Windham) as Agent Armel Parker

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
On [review aggregator](/source/review_aggregator) website [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film has an approval rating of 92% based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 8.33/10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dekalb_elementary |title=''DeKalb Elementary'' (2017) |work=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) |publisher=[Fandango Media](/source/Fandango_Media) |accessdate=September 12, 2019}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
* Nominated: [Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Live_Action_Short_Film)
* Nominated: Student Emmy Award for Best Drama
* Nominated: [BAFTA Student Film Awards](/source/BAFTA_Student_Film_Awards)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.dekalbelementaryfilm.com/}}
* {{IMDb title|tt5926890|DeKalb Elementary}}

Category:2017 drama films
Category:2017 films
Category:2017 short films
Category:2017 American films
Category:2017 English-language films
Category:American drama short films
Category:English-language drama short films
Category:Films about conversations
Category:Films about mental health
Category:Films about school violence
Category:Films set in Atlanta
Category:Films set in schools

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