Iben is a very talented artist, but she is bullied and finds no peace at school. But one night she meets Isak, another outsider - and together they create something that sends a clear message that they will not be held down.
Many Norwegians went to America to find happiness, but not all of them found the promised land where many created themselves a new future. This is the story of some of those who became part of poverty America and who, in the 1920s and 30s, had to settle on a rubbish dump in Brooklyn, NY.
