Uprooted: Heartbreak and Hope in New Hampshire

Uprooted: Heartache and Hope in New Hampshire is a 30-minute documentary based on interviews collected during the New Hampshire Humanities Fences & Neighbors initiative on immigration. It tells the story of five refugees who escaped from war-torn countries to resettle in New Hampshire. The film explores what it means to be a refugee and how it feels to make a new life in a strange place, often without English language skills, family, a job, or community contacts. The film leaves us pondering questions of belonging and citizenship. What does it mean to be an American? Once a refugee, are you destined always to be a refugee? What are our responsibilities toward one another?

SPI wishes to thank the University of New Hampshire Center for Humanities for allowing Story Preservation Initiative to make this important film available to our Learning Lab users.

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Uprooted: Heartbreak and Hope in New Hampshire

by University of New Hampshire Center for Humanities

Click the link to view Uprooted: Heartbreak and Hope in New Hampshire (run time 32:49. https://vimeo.com/468230699

This video and all related material are the result of hard work, commitment, and the kindness and generosity of many people, organizations, and foundations. SPI welcomes and encourages teachers, educators, parents, students to view the film on the SPI Learning Lab site; however, please note that Uprooted may not be recorded, in full or in part, reproduced, used for any purpose that involves the charging of a fee, or shared on an alternate online platform.

UNH Center for Humanities

Uprooted: Heartbreak and Hope in New Hampshire