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Up Heartbreak Hill - Trailer

Native teens torn between opportunities outside the reservation and cultural ties at home

Aired 07/26/2012 | Rating NR

POV

Up Heartbreak Hill - Trailer

Preview: Season 25 Episode 6 | 3m 13s

Native teens torn between opportunities outside the reservation and cultural ties at home

Thomas and Tamara are track stars at their rural New Mexico high school. Like many teenagers, they are torn between the lure of brighter futures elsewhere and the ties that bind them to home. For these teens, however, home is an impoverished town on the Navajo reservation, and leaving means separating from family, tradition and the land that has been theirs for generations.

Aired 07/26/2012 | Rating NR

Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...

Up Heartbreak Hill: Filmmaker Interview with Erica Scharf

Erica Scharf talks about the finding her subjects and sharing their voices with the public (17m 8s)

Up Heartbreak Hill: Gabby's Story

Gabby dreams of getting off of the reservation and becoming a photographer. (19m 53s)

Up Heartbreak Hill: Graduation at Navajo Pine High School

Tamara and Thomas both graduate from high school. (3m 51s)

Up Heartbreak Hill: Living in Navajo, NM

Thomas introduces us to Navajo, NM and the challenges of living on a reservation. (2m 48s)

Up Heartbreak Hill: Meeting for Thomas

Thomas' family has a traditional meeting for him as he finished high school. (1m 30s)

Up Heartbreak Hill: Meet Tamara

Tamara, a bright student and leader, dreams of going to college after high school. (1m 44s)

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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...

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