The 1st Black public high school in PG county may be be converted to a film studio complex by a homegrown movie producer

[get these nets]

06/11/25

Historic Prince George's high school becoming a film studio

An abandoned school building in Maryland is being refashioned into a movie studio. The old Fairmont Heights High School, which was Prince George’s County’s first publicly funded high school built for Black students during segregation, closed in 2017 and sits fenced off to keep vandals out. The...

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[Buddy]

Not gonna lie, I entered the thread thinking they were revitalizing it as a SCHOOL with a studio in addition, so I have mixed feelings learning the plan is a full on studio. Still find a silver lining in the alumni fighting to keep it from falling into "urban decay" tho. Coupled with the significance of those that attended passing so many other schools. Thats the kinda shyt I'm talking about THAT is a concrete understanding of lineage at work.




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