Assimilation Movies

  • 1986
    The Mission

    The Mission

    The Mission

    7.41986HD

    When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter...

    The Mission
  • 2021
    Gaia

    Gaia

    Gaia

    62021HD

    In the depths of an ancient forest, something has been growing. Something older than humanity itself, and perhaps greater too. When a park ranger...

    Gaia
  • 2018
    Indian Horse

    Indian Horse

    Indian Horse

    72018HD

    Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey...

    Indian Horse
  • 2007
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

    6.52007HD

    Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles...

    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • 1916
    The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West

    The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West

    The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West

    5.31916HD

    The Curse of Quon Gwon is the oldest known Chinese-American film and one of the earliest American silent features made by a woman. Only two reels of...

    The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West
  • 2017
    Krotoa

    Krotoa

    Krotoa

    5.92017HD

    Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle’s trading partner and...

    Krotoa
  • 2017
    Tiger

    Tiger

    Tiger

    02017HD

    “I want to be a tiger. I am an atheist from Iraq and I am seeking asylum. About my hallucinations… It’s difficult. Horrible...

    Tiger
  • 2017
    Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

    Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

    Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

    82017HD

    An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay...

    Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
  • 1936
    The Devil Is a Sissy

    The Devil Is a Sissy

    The Devil Is a Sissy

    6.91936HD

    A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

    The Devil Is a Sissy
  • 2017
    Being There

    Being There

    Being There

    02017HD

    Escaping war, a Syrian writer seeks asylum in Germany with his family. On the escape route he lost his wife so that only he and his daughter are...

    Being There
  • 1955
    No Longer Vanishing

    No Longer Vanishing

    No Longer Vanishing

    01955HD

    No Longer Vanishing
  • 2008
    Ocean of Pearls

    Ocean of Pearls

    Ocean of Pearls

    4.92008HD

    As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of...

    Ocean of Pearls
  • 1970
    Say My Name

    Say My Name

    Say My Name

    01970HD

    People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an...

    Say My Name
  • 2017
    From HK to MK

    From HK to MK

    From HK to MK

    02017HD

    What does it mean to be British? Gabriel, a dentist originally from Hong Kong, has lived in Milton Keynes for nearly 50 years. His mixed race son...

    From HK to MK
  • 2024
    Roots Unearthed

    Roots Unearthed

    Roots Unearthed

    02024HD

    A filmmaker embarks on a journey to his ancestral homeland, seeking to reconcile his present reality with the depths of his ancestral past.

    Roots Unearthed
  • 2017
    Bounty

    Bounty

    Bounty

    82017HD

    Bounty
  • 2017
    Metropole

    Metropole

    Metropole

    02017HD

    Having arrived in Paris in 1985, Hector did everything to be like “them”. In a notebook he finds in his flat, he crosses out a list of...

    Metropole
  • 2022
    Former POC

    Former POC

    Former POC

    92022HD

    A mockumentary following a Brown man who no longer identifies as a person of colour.

    Former POC
  • 2020
    Kindergarten

    Kindergarten

    Kindergarten

    02020HD

    A childhood story is narrated while home movie footage is displayed. The narrator recounts her assimilation experience: moving to America, learning...

    Kindergarten