Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America

Some might be reeled back by the trauma and conflict they left behind. Others might try to recreate a piece of their homelands here in America, while still others might stay put while the ground beneath them fundamentally changes.

All of them -- the Tongva woman who builds a canoe to connect her to her culture, the Malaysian woman who learns to be a virtual mom to her kids 9,000 miles away, the daughter who reopens her father's traumatic history with China's Cultural Revolution -- all of them, though they've made it to the United States, still can't fully leave their homelands.

Each of these short audio documentaries was produced by a graduate student at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in collaboration with Bending Borders. "Between Homelands" is available as a one-hour special for public radio or as a collection of individual stories. Hide full description

Some might be reeled back by the trauma and conflict they left behind. Others might try to recreate a piece of their homelands here in America, while still others might stay put while the ground beneath them fundamentally changes.All of them -- the Tongva woman who builds a canoe to connect her to her culture, the Malaysian woman who learns to be a virtual mom to her kids 9,000 miles away, the daughter who reopens her father's traumatic history with China's Cultural Revolution -- all of them, though they've made it to the United States, still can't fully leave their homelands.Each of these short audio documentaries was produced by a graduate student at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in collaboration with Bending Borders. "Between Homelands" is available as a... Show full description