Desc: Word!: Directed by Adam Ross. WORD! IMMIGRATION AND EDUCATION IN AMERICA IS EDUCATION PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM? THE HEROES JOURNEY WORD! YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING TO BE HEARD IMMIGRATION AND EDUCATION IN AMERICA For 2 years, award-winning filmmaker and musician, Adam Ross, filmed the first graduating class of the High School for Youth and Community Development at the venerable Erasmus High School campus. This under-achieving New Visions school set out to turn around a system of failure and neglect in a new immigrant community rife with poverty, crime, and gang activity. Word! is the heroes journey where hip hop and reggae meet with dedicated teachers, administrators and teenagers striving to fulfill the promise of education as part of the American dream.