The hopes and heartbreaks of senior year of high school comprise a defining part of teenage life and lore in America. Graduation marks the end of childhood, partings from family, friends and community and the start of a future that is both exciting and scary. But for Thomas Martinez, a statewide high school cross-country and track star, and Tamara Hardy, an academic as well as athletic star, growing up on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico has heightened these tensions in ways particular to Native American history and contemporary reservation life.

Educational Resources: P.O.V. Discussion Guide
Program Length: 83 minutes
Production Staff: Producer/Director: Erica Scharf, Producer: Christina D. King (Seminole, Creek, Sac & Fox) Executive Producer: Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho)
Production Company: Long Distance Films, LLC
Format: DVD
Public Broadcast Release: July 2012