Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
What creates an effective asylum community and why has Vermont embraced its role in welcoming new Americans? This film follows the story of two refugees who fled Afghanistan in 2021 after its fall to the Taliban, their journey to and experiences in their new home in Vermont, and the perspectives of the Vermont asylum community.
Filmmaker: Jillian Upton – 8th grade, Shelburne Community School (Shelburne, VT)
Published June 2023
Produced by What’s the Story? The Young Filmmakers’ Social Action Team
Supported and funded by Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English
with Additional Support from The Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation and
the SNAVE Foundation