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Welcome to Vermont: Four Stories of Resettled Identity 2008
Welcome to Vermont: four stories of resettled identity, a 65-minute documentary, offers a nuanced view of lives of forcibly displaced people once they have achieved their ultimate desire to resettle in the US and "live the American dream." In four vignettes, it takes us inside the daily lives of four families from Bosnia, Somalia, Iraq, and Rwanda who have recently resettled in Vermont, one of the smallest and most homogeneous states in the country. The documentary raises questions about identity, assimilation, and diversity and explores how the adaptation process differs from one ethnic group to another, from one individual to the next. Welcome to Vermont is an intimate portrait of communities grappling to re-frame their identities as they strive to build their lives in America. By sharing the stories featured in the film, Welcome to Vermont aims to engage the general public, educators, and students in a humanistic dialogue about diversity and tolerance.
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Destination Unknown 1997
Destination Unknown is a tale of cousins chasing their dreams on the streets of Jackson Heights, NY. Pepe and Rico are on a path that teases them with success but drags them to a vicious reality. Pepe struggles to escape his violent and sordid world by up-scaling his position from gypsy-cab driver to limousine chauffeur. In order to make fast cash his friend Jerry talks him into becoming a bag-man for a local gangster. Rico is a young aspiring actor in hot pursuit of glory despite the formidable odds. He falls for Marisol, a beautiful neighbor, and as their relationship intensifies he discovers more about her than he is prepared for.
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