Up Heartbreak Hill

Up Heartbreak Hill chronicles the lives of three Native American teenagers in Navajo, New Mexico—Thomas, an elite runner, Tamara, an academic superstar, and Gabby, an aspiring photographer—as they navigate their senior year at a Reservation high school.

As graduation nears, they must decide whether or not to stay in their community—a place inextricably woven into the fiber of their being. They hesitate to separate from their families, traditions and the community that helps define them, and they wrestle with the idea of becoming the next generation to lead the Navajo Nation. Their battles to shape their identities as both Native American and modern American lie at the heart of the film.