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Daveed Diggs To Executive Produce KQED Docuseries On Bay Area High Schoolers Coming Of Age In Time Of Covid


Daveed Diggs will executive produce 'The Class,' a docuseries from KQED on California Bay Area high schoolers coming of age in the time of Covid.

EXCLUSIVE: Public television’s KQED has announced it will present The Class, a documentary series executive produced by Daveed Diggs that explores high schoolers coming of age at the height of Covid. “High school has always been a challenging time, but in the age of COVID it took an extra dose of courage and perseverance to succeed,” observed Diggs, the Tony- and Grammy-winning actor, producer and musician ( Hamilton, Blindspotting, Snowpiercer). KQED says the debut of the series will be accompanied by an impact campaign intended to allow audiences “to reflect on the educational inequalities resulting from distance learning, the mental health crises facing students, and a hopeful path forward to create opportunity for the pandemic generation.”

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