UPROOTED contrasts the stories of Kervin, a seven-year old Nicaraguan immigrant getting ready for his first day of school, and Showman, an old alcoholic musician who has seen his life take a tragic turn for the worse. They both live in a small coastal town in Costa Rica's South Pacific region, where stories like these abound but are commonly ignored. The government's efforts along with international environmental NGO's to protect the environment in world-famous areas like this one often add to invisibilize these stories. UPROOTED is a poetic approach at grappling with and enduring life's fragility.