When the assignment was to create a PSA about an issue that was important to them, the members of Reel Talent Productions decided it was time to address the alarming school drop-out rates not only in Chicago, but across the nation.

Entirely written, produced, directed, shot and edited by our teens, this is a piece about overcoming difficulties and stepping up to the challenge together.

Project by Melissa Young, Ana Tate, Brittany Murphy, Reggie Murphy and Justin Fields