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.
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 - Trailer
Preview: Season 25 Episode 6 | 3m 13s
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.
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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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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
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...