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WATCH: Can't Hold Me Back | American Graduate - Indepenent Lens

Can't Hold Me Back follows Detroit teen Fernando Parraz as he overcomes a mountain of roadblocks to become the first in his family to earn a high school diploma.

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Can't Hold Me Back follows Detroit teen Fernando Parraz as he overcomes a mountain of roadblocks to become the first in his family to earn a high school diploma —  He finds support from an unlikely figure: his father, a former gangster who has suffered the costs of his own mistakes.

This web-only video is part of American Graduate.

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