Nebraska has resettled more refugees per capita than any other state in the nation.

In 2016, during the world’s largest refugee crisis since WWII, President Obama invited 110,000 refugees into the United States. That year, conservative, red state, Nebraska resettled more refugees per capita than any state.

Now it’s 2020: the refugee crisis is bigger than ever and Trump’s refugee ceiling is 18,000. In a time of emboldened bigotry, with America’s Refugee Resettlement Program hanging by a thread, A HOME CALLED NEBRASKA spotlights families escaping war, persecution, and years of vetting being welcomed by big-hearted Nebraskans. Now these refugees from all over the world are succeeding and giving back to the Nebraska communities that welcomed them.

This film has been generously sponsored by Anne Eliot MacFarlane and Tom MacFarlane; by Native Nebraskan, Shelle Carrig; and by Leah and Wynn Williams.

Director Bio

Beth Gage and George Gage, as Gage & Gage Productions, co-produce and co-direct compelling personal films that inspire viewers, initiate dialogue and prompt action on provocative issues. Concentrating on the environment, human rights and social justice, they produce films on subjects underrepresented in the current media. 

Beth creates the story; George is the films’ cinematographer. Their films have won dozens of awards at national and international film festivals and have been highly acclaimed by film reviewers. Their films have been distributed theatrically, on television, educationally, for DVD and consumer streaming.