‘Day One’ Highlights A St. Louis School’s Focus On Immigrant And Refugee Students
- Suzanne Sierra
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min read
The documentary “Day One” follows a group of teenage refugees enrolled at a unique public school in St. Louis: the Nahed Chapman New American Academy. The school only enrolls refugees and immigrants, some of whom come from war-torn countries.
“With a lot of refugees, they’re really just surviving — in the beginning especially — on a day-to-day basis,” said the documentary’s producer and director, Lori Miller, on Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air. “They’re learning a new language; they’re trying to survive economically.”
“I think this ‘soft place to land’ does make a difference for the kids,” she said.
