Immigrant Movies

  • 1970
    Memento Amare

    Memento Amare

    Memento Amare

    01970HD

    Immigrant construction worker Mihai lives his life divided between the memories of his family that he left at home and his monotonous daily existence...

    Memento Amare
  • 1992
    Return Home

    Return Home

    Return Home

    01992HD

    After the near death of her grandfather, Chinese Canadian filmmaker Michelle Wong embarks on a personal journey back home to her small town of St....

    Return Home
  • 2014
    Tejo Mar

    Tejo Mar

    Tejo Mar

    02014HD

    João, a Portuguese performing arts student, is finishing his schooling season in Rio de Janeiro. It’s his last week this side of the...

    Tejo Mar
  • 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
  • 2022
    Angrezee

    Angrezee

    Angrezee

    02022HD

    A young immigrant single-dad is tasked with teaching his daughter English, which he does through American sitcoms.

    Angrezee
  • 1991
    The Cartier Operation

    The Cartier Operation

    The Cartier Operation

    51991HD

    An immigrant worker from Bosnia falls in love with the actress Nastassia Kinski. To be able to approach her, he has to become famous himself. That's...

    The Cartier Operation
  • 2008
    Brazillians Like Me

    Brazillians Like Me

    Brazillians Like Me

    02008HD

    The encounter with a growing, and mostly undocumented, brazilian community allows us to bear witness to its energy, its vivacity, and its diversity....

    Brazillians Like Me
  • 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
  • 1976
    Nationality: Immigrant

    Nationality: Immigrant

    Nationality: Immigrant

    01976HD

    A Mauritanian worker, Sidi, works in France. Like most immigrant workers, he is employed to do the most difficult and dangerous jobs. Sidi and his...

    Nationality: Immigrant
  • 2017
    Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

    72017HD

    Boiling Point (original title Kiehumispiste) describes the different reactions the Finnish people had to the large immigration amounts in 2015-2016.

    Boiling Point
  • 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
  • 2022
    Purple Bells

    Purple Bells

    Purple Bells

    102022HD

    30 years after their emigration, Danni interviews his family and tries to learn their story to reconcile with the past.

    Purple Bells
  • 1994
    Taxi-vala/Auto-biography

    Taxi-vala/Auto-biography

    Taxi-vala/Auto-biography

    01994HD

    A documentary exploring the experiences and attitudes of Indian and Pakistani taxi drivers in New York City while also questioning the filmmaker's...

    Taxi-vala/Auto-biography
  • 2020
    Susana

    Susana

    Susana

    02020HD

    ICE conducted the largest immigration raids in US history at slaughterhouses in 2019, arresting and deporting undocumented workers. Despite the...

    Susana
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    01970HD

    The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation...

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards
  • 2017
    Lower Heaven

    Lower Heaven

    Lower Heaven

    02017HD

    Tehran 2017, three days in life of two young undocumented Afghani brothers, recently immigrated to Iran, who see their destiny take a turn just as a...

    Lower Heaven
  • 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
  • 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