Welcome to My World is a documentary film about two groups of American teenagers from disparate walks of life, and what happens when they come together. The film follows high school students from inner-city New York and rural Maine as they participate in Operation Breaking Stereotypes, an exchange program that aims to replace the seeds of prejudice with real life experience. As the students travel to one another’s homes and “try on” lives different from what they know, they experience excitement, fear, and new ideas about where they come from and what they want for their futures. With intimate, engaging portraits, Welcome to My World tells the stories of a few American teenagers who dare to leave the comfort of their everyday lives and travel to unknown places with unlikely friends. Through their honest encounters within a country often divided by racial differences, these students teach us the value of befriending people whom we perceive to be different.

