Raw footage for Spy Hop documentary "From Somalia to Salt Lake" also possibly used for "Dream Come True?" involving teen refugees living in Salt Lake, 2003

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Edward, an ESL refugee student at Highland High School, talks to the camera
Tail-end of "Dream Come True?" with closing statement and credits (see item 7)
Ahmed, (see item 109) talks to the camera as he holds it and spins around in a desk chair.
A young man talks to the camera about why his mother chose to come to the US with him.
Interview with the Highland High School student body president (see item 107).
Short statement from the interview with a Highland High School teacher, Mr. Jason Thomas (see item 107).
Four teen ESL students walk down a street as a bus drives by.
"Special Thanks To" credits for "Dream Come True?" (see item 7).
An ESL teen girl student walks down a front door walkway to the sidewalk.
Various ESL students present their "Personal Presentations" in front of the camera as the other students look on and comment about what they want to talk about in the documentary they plan to make.
Dream Come True? - Documentary. Teens attending Highland High School's magnet program for English as a Second Language (ESL), discuss their experiences as students at Highland High School, give their own definitions of the word "refugee," and what the word means to them. The refugee students (particularly those from Somalia) then ask students and teachers what they believe refugees are and what they think about the number of refugee students at Highland High School. Refugee students also discuss peer pressure, acceptance from local students, and the friends and family they left behind when they came to the United States. The refugee students are then followed home to show their homes and to describe their culture, religion, and how those things have been affected since they came to America (see item 7).

Dates

2003

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