Films

Seven high-achieving first-generation high school students from New York City seek to secure a future for themselves that was once unimaginable for their families.

At the center of the film is Bill Short, a veteran college counselor who first arrived as a short-term volunteer and never truly left. For 23 years, he has returned week after week, helping students imagine futures that once seemed out of reach. As the teens navigate essays, applications, family pressures, campus visits, and a rapidly shifting admissions landscape, Admission Possible reveals the intimate human stakes behind a national crisis in college access — and the extraordinary ripple effect of one person’s sustained, quiet devotion.

Discussion with film subjects Kamani Confident and Bill Short.