Immigrant Movies

  • 1970
    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

    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 - Connection to the Past
  • 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
    Voices From The New Jungle

    Voices From The New Jungle

    Voices From The New Jungle

    101970HD

    Documentary Film maker, Mark Brown, attempts to discover the damaging effect the over-spilling immigrant population has on the coastal city of...

    Voices From The New Jungle
  • 2018
    Generation One

    Generation One

    Generation One

    02018HD

    Generation One is a short documentary that explores the perspectives of the American-born children of Arab Muslim immigrants as they navigate their...

    Generation One
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2021
    Guestworkers

    Guestworkers

    Guestworkers

    02021HD

    Two Moroccan brothers arrive in 1960s Belgium, chasing dreams buried deep in the mines of the promised land.

    Guestworkers
  • 1970
    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    01970HD

    Gary's Story is part of a collective filmmaking project that looks at relationships between teenagers and their grandparents in families that have...

    Gary's Story - No Second Best
  • 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
  • 1970
    Incuba Project

    Incuba Project

    Incuba Project

    01970HD

    Jhoana is a Colombian immigrant who turns to surrogacy to make ends meet and allow her to care for her young son. She meets other women in similar...

    Incuba Project
  • 1982
    Finnish American Lives

    Finnish American Lives

    Finnish American Lives

    01982HD

    A moving portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, highlighting that fragile community of memory...

    Finnish American Lives
  • 2017
    Love to remain

    Love to remain

    Love to remain

    52017HD

    The story of a hard working latino in London, who is about to receive some bad news, in the worst time.

    Love to remain
  • 1983
    24 Hours

    24 Hours

    24 Hours

    01983HD

    A young Israeli arrives in New York City but the person with whom he was meant to stay goes AWOL. The Israeli befriends a young, American singer and...

    24 Hours
  • 2022
    Czechs in Chicago

    Czechs in Chicago

    Czechs in Chicago

    02022HD

    The story of the Czech immigrant experience in Chicago, past and present. Spanning nearly two centuries of turbulent times, it shows how the...

    Czechs in Chicago
  • 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