Immigrant Movies

  • 1983
    Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community

    Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community

    Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community

    01983HD

    This feature documentary takes us to the heart of the Jane-Finch "Corridor" in the early 1980s. Covering six square blocks in Toronto's North York,...

    Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community
  • 1970
    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    01970HD

    This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew
  • 2018
    Not Just Football

    Not Just Football

    Not Just Football

    02018HD

    Not Just Football
  • 2020
    Habib

    Habib

    Habib

    02020HD

    A young Arab-American hides his passion for stand up comedy from his immigrant father in order to avoid bringing shame to the family.

    Habib
  • 1970
    Chinese for Affirmative Action: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2012

    Chinese for Affirmative Action: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2012

    Chinese for Affirmative Action: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2012

    01970HD

    Chinese for Affirmative Action is a recipient of the San Francisco Community Leadership Award for being "a champion against discrimination and for...

    Chinese for Affirmative Action: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2012
  • 1970
    Through Immigrants' Eyes

    Through Immigrants' Eyes

    Through Immigrants' Eyes

    01970HD

    This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

    Through Immigrants' Eyes
  • 1970
    The Swimming Lesson

    The Swimming Lesson

    The Swimming Lesson

    01970HD

    Based on a true story, teenage, Muslim refugee girls in burkinis take a fantastical swimming lesson in Idaho. The initiative for swimming lessons...

    The Swimming Lesson
  • 2020
    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    02020HD

    Documentary about sub-Saharan immigration in Spain and Argentina focusing especially on the Senegalese community

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina
  • 2019
    Home

    Home

    Home

    62019HD

    An exploration into the shared experiences of community, immigration, and diversity that is based on the true story of one building.

    Home
  • 1970
    Boat People

    Boat People

    Boat People

    01970HD

    After being jailed by the Macoutes for complaining about worker exploitation at the baseball factory where he worked, a Haitian man and his family...

    Boat People
  • 2018
    Land of My Children

    Land of My Children

    Land of My Children

    62018HD

    Darío Aguirre moved from Ecuador to Germany to be with Stephanie, but from the very first day there was a third party in their...

    Land of My Children
  • 2018
    Shehita

    Shehita

    Shehita

    02018HD

    Tensions, along with demons from the past, rise as a young farmer, the mashgiach (kosher supervisor) and the local Rabbi try to decide what to do...

    Shehita
  • 2018
    They Live Here, Now

    They Live Here, Now

    They Live Here, Now

    32018HD

    Austin based refugee house, Casa Marianella, is one of the most prominent refugee houses in the United States, providing life saving services for...

    They Live Here, Now
  • 2016
    The Barber And The Bomb

    The Barber And The Bomb

    The Barber And The Bomb

    6.22016HD

    Wednesday afternoon was deliberately chosen. There were a lot of customers in front of and in the brothers Özcan and Hasan Yildirim’s...

    The Barber And The Bomb
  • 1983
    Second Generation

    Second Generation

    Second Generation

    5.81983HD

    A teenager arrives from Germany to his grandparents in Novi Sad. He can't adjust to Yugoslavian schools, system or slow way of life, so he asks his...

    Second Generation
  • 2015
    Logbook_Serbistan

    Logbook_Serbistan

    Logbook_Serbistan

    5.22015HD

    Illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in Serbia, placed in asylum centers after their dramatic journeys from war-torn and poverty-stricken areas of...

    Logbook_Serbistan
  • 2013
    The Adventure

    The Adventure

    The Adventure

    02013HD

    In 2011, as tens of thousands of migrants, Loss, and Madess Moussa arrived in Europe via Turkey. Required by EU law to remain in Greece, they only...

    The Adventure
  • 2024
    Scheduling My Grief

    Scheduling My Grief

    Scheduling My Grief

    102024HD

    Following the passing of British-Ugandan teen Nia’s grandmother, she struggles with the guilt of not being able to mourn her death. Through...

    Scheduling My Grief
  • 1970
    Hard Work and

    Hard Work and "Whatever"

    Hard Work and "Whatever"

    01970HD

    This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

    Hard Work and
  • 1970
    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    01970HD

    Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...

    Klaira's Story - Berezka