Immigrant Movies

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...

An animated documentary that speaks to immigrants' personal experiences living in Aotearoa, exploring themes of racism, discrimination, loss,...

Fleeing religious persecution, resilient Jewish immigrants arrive in Toronto and begin building affordable, quality housing in a growing metropolis.

The idea for this film comes from the encounter with two African boys who live in Rome, and is based on their music. Tunisian Afif and Senegalese...

Follow Tony Ruggeri, host of the podcast "São Paulo: Crime and Punishment", as he narrates the story of Paulinho Zanini, a resident of the...

A Mexican housekeeper is forced to confront her past when a cartel boss appears on her doorstep.

After living in Denmark for 38 years, Francisco has decided to move back to his homeland, the Philippines—a country he feels he has never...

An immigrant Chinese wife joins her husband in 1950s America after he graduates from the university.

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

A family of immigrants is chased through the woods by border patrol. But they're not alone.

To My Motherland is an experimental personal essay film that blends personal photographs and home videos to explore the complexities of immigration,...

Evaporating Borders is a poetically photographed and rendered film on tolerance and search for identity. Told through 5 vignettes portraying the...

Three people looking for a better life become stranded in the desert with little hope of survival.

In 1975, a seven-months pregnant Vietnamese refugee, Giap, escapes Saigon in a boat and, within weeks, finds herself working on an assembly line in...

A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up...

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

Over five thousand people illegally cross the border each day. There are areas where crime is at its highest, where criminals prey upon these...

A young Caribbean immigrant mother struggling to make ends meet at her dye factory job finds a release through her abandoned dream of dance.

Teachings of an Issei. Advice, spirituality and challenges.