 What significance does Martin Luther King Jr. hold for today s teenagers? Their parents were in elementary school when Dr. King was assassinated, so how do they interpret his legacy? In his breakthrough film, Colorblind, 16-year-old documentarian Andrew Blum explores the slain civil-rights leader s place in history. Poignant interviews with urban, suburban and rural high school students offer a compelling look at how teens cope with discrimination and intolerance. And experts-from Rep. Charles Rangel and historian Albert Vorspan to NYU Film School s Sheril Antonio and Holocaust survivor Martin Mermelstein-share their experiences growing up with prejudice, tracing how hate speech can escalate to genocide. Set against musical vignettes from Pulitzer Prize winner Blood on the Fields, a jazz opera about slavery by Wynton Marsalis, Colorblind offers a multigenerational, multicultural perspective on one of society s most pressing problems.