IFC/Sundance Documentary

Experience tragedy, resilience and hope through the lens of MHS students.

A pre-teen navigating life despite the daily challenge of watching her mother struggle with a drug addiction; a single mother disabled by a massive heart attack struggling to create a stable support system for her two young sons.

These are just two chapters of thousands in the Milton Hershey Story… chapters that start with tragedy but are intertwined with hope and opportunity.

For the first time ever, MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL granted unprecedented access to an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. The result is a gritty and heartwarming depiction of the struggles and triumphs of resilient students… students for whom the school represents a chance at a future bright with opportunity and a safe haven from their daily challenges posed by poverty.

Filmed over the course of the 2008-09 academic year, Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL, captures the realities of children leaving behind a background of deprivation for the new surroundings of MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL and the challenges and successes that they and their families encounter along the way.

Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL airs on Sundance and IFC this fall. Watch the trailer now and check your local listings for time and channel.