How Do You Learn Best?

It matters to us that stories about newcomer communities are told well, are told accurately, and are told in a way that affirms the dignity of the individuals we are serving. To that end, we maintain a curated list of films, books, articles, and resources that we have found to be incredibly helpful in guiding public discussion for educators and interested residents. You may notice that these resources are somewhat skewed toward a Colorado perspective, but we think it is useful to a general audience all the same!

Cinema

Click on the main image below to watch the film’s trailer on YouTube.

Human Flow

Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Over the course of one year in 23 countries, Weiwei follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretch across the globe, including Afghanistan, France, Greece, Germany and Iraq.

The Island of All Together

A short documentary available online demonstrating the power of conversation between strangers from separate homelands all together in one place.

I Learn America

Five immigrant teenagers come together during the school year at the International High School as they struggle to learn their new land.

Which Way Home

In this gripping documentary, a group of young, unaccompanied Central American children struggle to make their way through Mexico, in order to ultimately reach the United States and jump the border to a new home. Director Rebecca Cammisa follows the struggles of these would-be illegal aliens as they battle poverty, dangerous train rides and potential predators, keeping their sights set on the possibility of a better life that awaits in a new country.

Icebox

The film tells the story of Óscar (Anthony Gonzalez), a 12-year-old Honduran boy who is forced to flee his home and seek asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the U.S. immigration system.

How Do You Learn Best?

Cinema

Books

Important Voices in the Immigration Ecosystem