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In September 2017 the U.S. Virgin Islands was struck by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria, two back-to-back Category 5 hurricanes that caused catastrophic damage, affecting 43 public schools across 3 islands, impacting 10,000 students and their families.
Despite billions in allocated federal disaster funds, plans remain approved but shovels remain unstuck almost seven years later, and students and teachers find themselves trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare, forced to endure decaying temporary structures as their permanent schools remain unbuilt.
This film premiered at the Hawai'i International Film Festival as part of HOMEGROWN: A PART OF/APART FROM series - eight documentary short films made by emerging BIPOC filmmakers living in the U.S. territories, Hawai‘i and their diasporic communities, focusing on stories grappling with issues of sovereignty, agency, and negotiating what it means to be at once “a part of and apart from” the United States. A Firelight Media production, in partnership with Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), Black Public Media (BPM), and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB).