FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND closely follows the story of Stacie Griffin -- a remarkable and resilient woman who lives in Rutland, Vermont. After 38 years of steady hardship and near invisibility in a town that is overwhelmingly white and deeply stratified by class, Stacie yearns to improve her own situation and those of her neighbors -- including three Syrian families who arrive in her town just before the federal government bans refugee resettlement.