Scope and Contents Various shots of ESL students and classroom. (sound corrupted, partial sound) Ext. long shot, Highland High School north side. Various shots of ESL students on Highland High School grounds, day. (sound corrupted, low levels) Highland Rams sign. Various shots of ESL students on Highland High School grounds, day. (sound corrupted, low levels) ...

Scope and Contents A group of Highland High School refugee students prepare a camera for an interview with Salt Lake City Mayor, Rocky Anderson. Interview with Salt Lake City Mayor, Rocky Anderson. (Image and sound corruption, blurry, low audio levels) Various shots of camera crew and students as crew prepares for an interview with Highland High School student body president. Various...

Scope and Contents An ESL student in a blue plaid dress shirt holds up a red paper to cover his face from the camera before finally lowering it and talking to the person behind the camera about assimilating to US culture after he left his home country. An instructor films several of the students and asks them various questions about living the US after fleeing their homelands. Highland High School...

Scope and Contents ESL students converse in the Highland High School Library. ESL student gets books at her locker. Two ESL students wait at a bus stop bench. ESL students wait for the 30 UTA bus westbound and ride it home. Stills and footage of one of the ESL students and her home and family. An ESL student films another as they walk the grounds of...

Scope and Contents Interview with Salt Lake City Mayor, Rocky Anderson about refugees living in the Salt Lake area, assistance programs for housing, education, and employment, and the refugee contributions to the city. Interview with the Highland High School student body president about the school's considerations for refugee students, its programs, and how to better include them in the activities of the school....

Scope and Contents A Somalian refugee student talks to the camera person and does a dance in a Highland High School hall. Mohammed, a Somalian refugee student from Highland High School, talks to the camera person as he shows off his house and dances in his bedroom. Interview with Mohammed about going to Highland High School and what he enjoys about his life in the United States. (sound corrupted, low...

Scope and Contents A young man wearing a blue and white striped t-shirt speaks to the camera in a foreign language (Somali?). A young man wearing a black, long-sleeved t-shirt (Ahmed) speaks to the camera in a foreign language (Somali?). Mohammed speaks to the camera in a foreign language (Somali?). Mohammed and the boys in the blue and white striped t-shirt enter a downstairs den as...

Scope and Contents Refugee panel discussion at Highland High School with the student body (filmed from slightly left of the stage). Discussion about what the students miss about their home countries, where they are from and how long they have been in the United States. Also discussed are issues pertaining to being refugee students at Highland High School. Refugee panel discussion at Highland High School with the...

Scope and Contents 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...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Spy Hop Productions independent film collection (2000-2009) consists of raw footage and finished films assembled by elementary and high school aged filmmakers under the tutelage of Spy Hop Productions, a Salt Lake City not-for-profit youth media center specializing in educational solutions through the multimedia arts. The collection contains narrative, claymation and documentary films and includes extensive footage about Salt Lake City hosting the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Many films...