Imagine being forced to flee your home for fear of persecution, growing up in a refugee camp, and then being thrust into a school setting for the first time in your life in a country where you don't speak the language and don't understand the culture.

That is the experience for the hundreds of students attending  Nahed Chapman New American Academy (NCNAA) in the St. Louis Public School District. 

St. Louis filmgoers will have the opportunity to see this school up close at the free screening of Day One, a documentary that features the students and staff at NCNAA. The film screening, which is part of the St. Louis International Film Festival, takes place tomorrow evening.