"Left Behind" tells the powerful story of a group of passionate mothers who unite to create the first public dyslexic school in New York City, the largest school district in the country.

Dyslexia impacts one in five children worldwide, yet while 20% of the population has
this learning difference, a staggering 48% of incarcerated individuals are dyslexic.
Families without financial means often lack access to essential testing and tailored
curricula that their children desperately need. In a city like New York, where 70% of
students are Black and Brown, around 200,000 children are left without the support
they need to thrive. Kareem Weaver, who heads the Education Committee for the
NAACP in Oakland, CA, and a key figure in our film, calls this the defining civil rights
issue of our time.