Knock Knock America - Story of Refugee Teens in St. Louis

St. Louis is like any industrial, metropolitan city — filled with high crime, failing public schools, and segregated neighborhoods. To a refugee teenager, arriving in St. Louis can feel like being sent to a war zone after just surviving one. The International Play Ground is a performing arts group that reaches out to refugee youth, who come from war-torn countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast and Colombia.

Knock Knock, America follows six IPG members through their daily lives and the production of their original play Big Tree.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• refugees
• St. Louis
• Afghanistan
• teens
• Liberia
• Sierra Leone
• Colombia
• theater
• theater of the oppressed