April

In Memphis's Soulsville, a young girl finds refuge inside a magnolia tree she calls April, while an ailing older neighbour leaves messages urging passers-by to live now.

A tender, poetic portrait linking a child's sanctuary and an elder's wisdom in a troubled neighbourhood.

Faith Jackson’s smile obscures the pain of the past and her fear of bullets flying past her mother's apartment in the Soulsville neighborhood of Memphis. But Faith has a refuge: A magnolia tree that she has named April g

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