Sumayah Chappelle

Teenage Wren is unsure what to do when her mother, gone for months in a drug-related absence, suddenly shows up at their home.

Unfolding in a series of eight vignettes, Sound Spring explores the history ofYellow Springs, Ohio over hundreds of years, as narrated by its residents incomical scenes: one interviewee rollerblades and reads the village's water meters, another stands on his head in a breakdancing freeze. The villagers describe American history-their ancestors' settlements after slavery, a friendship with Coretta Scott King, and Ohio's Trail of Tears- among other more personal details of village life. The wording of their recollections is imperfect, unsure-in fact they are all re-stagings of their previous audio interviews. Through performing their own previously recorded media, villagers uncover layers of time and storytelling.

An African American teenager, attending a predominately white high school, is in danger of compromising her self-worth when her principal offers her an opportunity that will change her life.