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A Home Called Nebraska

United States • 1h 9m

Directed by Beth Gage, George Gage • Documentary • 2020 • 69 minutes

In 2020, with America's Refugee Resettlement Program hanging by a thread, A HOME CALLED NEBRASKA is the story of mid-western welcome, acceptance and unlikely friendships during a time of national anxiety and emboldened bigotry. In 2016, the conservative state of Nebraska resettled more refugees per capita than any other state.

A HOME CALLED NEBRASKA spotlights people who escaped war, torture and persecution. It also introduces the generous Nebraskans who welcomed them, taught them, celebrated with them, and helped them find jobs and houses. Today these refugees are succeeding, and are giving back to the communities that supported them.

This heartwarming documentary by Beth and George Gage (American Outrage, Bidder 70) offers hope and an antidote to racist nationalism: a community of people in Nebraska who work to dispel fear, build bridges and change their own perceptions along the way. Here is a compelling portrait of ordinary people standing up for what is right, inspiring us to do the same.

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21st century, a home called nebraska, american (u.s.) studies, american dream, anthropology and archaeology, area studies, bullfrog films, citizenship, community, criminal justice, cultural and ethnic studies, cultural anthropology, displacement, expository, geography, government policy, history, human geography, human rights, human rights law, immigration, immigration and refugees, immigration policy, iraq, law and legal studies, migration, multicultural studies, multiculturalism, naturalization, north american studies, omaha, ovid, politics and political science, ptsd, refugee resettlement, refugees, resettlement, s_0041, s_0050, s_0065, s_0150, s_0153, s_0198, s_0201, s_0262, s_0263, s_0271, s_0278, s_0301, s_0557, s_0642, social issues, social movements and activism, social studies, social work, sociology, syria, the 21st century, title_h, u.s. government and politics, u.s. history

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