Kid Admiral · The Journey Is the Thing Tour · Montgomery, AL · October 2026
None of us walk this path alone.
We are all walking one another home.
An immersive gathering of live music, film & community — October 2026
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The Journey Is the Thing Tour is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)(3) charity.
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Fundraising Goal
$35,000
We rely on the support of our donors to bring this work across cities and into community. Consider a gift of any size to ensure we continue this life-changing work. Your contributions qualify as a charitable deduction for federal income tax purposes.
Goals
$35,000 Goal
Produce & present HOMECOMING — Montgomery, Alabama — October 2026
Bring The Long Road Home to a new city & community
Community access — subsidized tickets for those who need it
Expand the tour nationally — Montgomery is not the last stop
Document the experience for future tour development
Funds raised beyond $35,000 will expand community access and invest in the next tour stop.
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The Journey Is the Thing.
Will you be part of it?
Celebrate the power of community and connection at the intersection of storytelling, healing, and community.
A transformative gathering inspired by The Long Road Home — a film that echoes what it means to live a meaningful life.
Get ready to experience a vibrant gathering of live music, interactive installations, panel discussions, and film — honoring grief, love, memory, being and becoming, release and return, culture and community at the heart of connection.
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The Long Road Home
SYNOPSIS
A documentary that follows the McMillian family in the wake of De'Andre's passing — a young man loved deeply by a community that still carries him.
The film does not center grief as a destination. It moves through it — tracing the family's journey of remembrance, and the search for joy and meaning in the aftermath of loss.
What does it mean to live a meaningful life?
January 11 · Monroeville, Alabama · De'Andre McMillian Day
"De'Andre's memory continues to inspire diversity in the community and brings forth an awareness of Mental Health with dignity and grace."
— Mayor Charles AndrewsCity of Monroeville, Alabama
Kid Admiral's Inaugural Legacy & Awards Ceremony
Tone / World · Director's Note · Tamara, Founder of Kid Admiral
I didn't set out to make a film about grief. I set out to make a film about De'Andre.
There's a difference. Grief is what happens after. De'Andre is what came before — his laughter, the warmth, the way a community wraps themselves around him and his impact and calls him theirs. The Long Road Home is an attempt to hold both at once. The before and the after. The loss and the love that made the loss matter.
Visually, I wanted the film to feel like memory itself — always reaching for something that holds a mirror. There is beauty here. There is also rupture. I stayed inside the discomfort long enough for something true to emerge.
So much of my understanding of power is rooted in the sacred — in community, in connection.
HOMECOMING extends that world into a live space. I want every person who walks in to feel what it means to carry someone, something — to carry themselves. The room is the film. The audience is the family. The dancing is a celebration of life — still possible, still worth the journey.
The times are always calling for art that heals. This is ours.
— Tamara, Founder of Kid Admiral
THEMES
What we leave behind.
Not just to have been present — but to have left something behind that lives on in your absence. Meaning. The result of what we leave behind.
Grief as a portal.
The film does not ask audiences to sit in grief. It invites them to move through it — toward connection, joy, and the question at the center of a life fully lived.
Art that heals.
Storytelling is a portal that holds a mirror to reflect the times. The times are always calling for art that heals.
The Journey.
What we thought we lost is once found. The Kid stays curious — open, unafraid, full of wonder. The Admiral navigates with strategy. Both must co-exist.
The Founder · Kid Admiral
TAMARA
Award-Winning Actress · Creative Director · Way-Maker
Los Angeles-based actress and multi-disciplinary artist with deep Alabama roots. Craig Noel Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama.
Executive Producer of 4 to 6 Seconds (2024 Micheaux Film Festival). Short film Rayne Dayes — 1.3M+ YouTube views.
Student of The American Theatre of Being (ASU) — Dr. Tommie Tonea Stewart.
Kid Admiral builds with artists rooted in truth and transformation. Our compass: art that educates, entertains, and edifies — technologies for transformation.
Impact · The Long Road Home · Since Premiere
De'Andre McMillian Day
Highway Memorial
Monroeville · LA · San Diego
We are five months from Montgomery. Since the premiere of The Long Road Home: a city stopped, a mayor signed his name, and De'Andre McMillian Day was proclaimed in Monroeville, Alabama. An Adopt-A-Mile highway memorial was dedicated in his name.
Montgomery carries history in its body — and keeps moving anyway.
The tour is the pathway toward release, remembering, and returning.
"Your donation helps us on the journey to create art that heals."
Kid Admiral
Ways to Make a Gift
$25+
The Carrier
Personal thank-you from Tamara + social media shout-out @kidadmiral. Fully tax-deductible.
$100+
The Witness
All above + name in the HOMECOMING program + exclusive behind-the-scenes updates. Fully tax-deductible.
$250+
The Captain ★
All above + signed Kid Admiral t-shirt. $225 of $250 tax-deductible. T-shirt FMV: $25.
$1,000+
The Admiral
All above + Named Community Sponsor + private meet & greet with Tamara + personal video message. Fully tax-deductible.
$5,000+
Lead Presenting
Named Lead Presenting Sponsor across all HOMECOMING materials. Contact Kidadmiralproductions@gmail.com.
Plant a seed today and join our mission as we continue to create art and curate experiences that inspire connection, healing, and transformation.
The journey is the thing.
Will you be part of it?
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Montgomery, Alabama · October 2026
Kid Admiral is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions must be made payable to "Fractured Atlas" only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Fractured Atlas, Inc.
Kid Admiral · The Long Road Home · Since Premiere
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Monroeville · LA · San Diego
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Official Proclamation
De'Andre McMillian Day
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Adopt-A-Mile
Highway Memorial
Oct '26
Next Stop
Montgomery, Alabama
Since its premiere, The Long Road Home has transformed rooms of strangers into community.
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to our current and past program supporters
Community Supporters
York Chapel A.M.E. Church
Banks Memorial Funeral Home
MCHS Class of 2010
Penn Funeral Home
Limestone Baptist Church
Forehand AME Church
Carry Mount Baptist Church
Bethel 2. Baptist Church
McCant's Automotive
Organization Supporters
The Troy Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity Inc.
R.S.V.P. Volunteers