Immigrant Movies

  • 1949
    Annie Was a Wonder

    Annie Was a Wonder

    Annie Was a Wonder

    4.11949HD

    In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Scandinavian immigrant Annie Swenson, who worked as cook...

    Annie Was a Wonder
  • 2021
    A Cup of Sugar

    A Cup of Sugar

    A Cup of Sugar

    02021HD

    A reclusive non-conforming immigrant arouses fear and suspicion within a conservative insular community.

    A Cup of Sugar
  • 2019
    Massacre River

    Massacre River

    Massacre River

    02019HD

    Pikilina is a Dominican-born woman of Haitian descent. Racial and political violence erupts when the country of her birth, the Dominican Republic,...

    Massacre River
  • 2017
    The Alternative

    The Alternative

    The Alternative

    02017HD

    Valentina Moreno, a single mother who works as a housekeeper for a wealthy Manhattan family, takes decisive action when something from her past...

    The Alternative
  • 2020
    Batchan

    Batchan

    Batchan

    02020HD

    Teachings of an Issei. Advice, spirituality and challenges.

    Batchan
  • 2009
    Amanecer

    Amanecer

    Amanecer

    02009HD

    A young South American man struggles to build a new life for his wife and children in Australia. Dreams turn to lies. Lies become reality. Does he...

    Amanecer
  • 2019
    Choc migratoire

    Choc migratoire

    Choc migratoire

    02019HD

    Choc migratoire
  • 2013
    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    02013HD

    A social justice organization based in Oakland-Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-focused on building the collective leadership of limited-English...

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World
  • 2022
    A Portrait of Us

    A Portrait of Us

    A Portrait of Us

    02022HD

    A short documentary that follows Korean grandparents as they share their modern-day reckoning of their immigration story and grandparenthood.

    A Portrait of Us
  • 2009
    Immersion (short)

    Immersion (short)

    Immersion (short)

    02009HD

    Ten-year-old Moises has just immigrated to California from Mexico. He doesn't speak English, but he's good at math, so he hopes to do well on his...

    Immersion (short)
  • 2022
    Liquor Store Dreams

    Liquor Store Dreams

    Liquor Store Dreams

    02022HD

    So Yun Um’s debut feature is a moving portrait of two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconciling their dreams with those of...

    Liquor Store Dreams
  • 1982
    Displaced Person

    Displaced Person

    Displaced Person

    01982HD

    Peter, whose father was a member of the Home Guard collaboration forces and a political emigrant, returns from Argentina to Slovenia, his...

    Displaced Person
  • 1970
    I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home

    I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home

    I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home

    01970HD

    Matoom, a young Thai boy comes to the gradual understanding on the ephemerality of his family life through his re-collected memories - inspired by...

    I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home
  • 2022
    Perianayaki

    Perianayaki

    Perianayaki

    02022HD

    Fifty-six-year-old Perianayaki contends with the difficulties of fitting into her new home, especially at the local supermarket where she works....

    Perianayaki
  • 2019
    Autumn

    Autumn

    Autumn

    02019HD

    Its Autumn, birds are migrating to warmer climate. On the gray streets of Paris, illegal immigrants are selling shoes. Winter is near.

    Autumn
  • 2005
    Made in YU

    Made in YU

    Made in YU

    4.82005HD

    The lives of three brothers who left their small village in Serbia to live in Sweden. The first one escaped from police, while the other two followed...

    Made in YU
  • 2007
    Sister's Keeper

    Sister's Keeper

    Sister's Keeper

    02007HD

    Sister's Keeper
  • 1984
    Nice

    Nice

    Nice

    7.81984HD

    A naïve and "nice" West Indian's descent into postcolonial cynicism is depicted in a twenty minute monologue from writer Farrukh Dhondy.

    Nice
  • 2013
    Displaced Perssons

    Displaced Perssons

    Displaced Perssons

    72013HD

    Per Persson left Sweden 40 years ago. In Pakistan he fell in love and became the father of two daughters. Trouble starts when the girls grow up and...

    Displaced Perssons
  • 2010
    A Small Town Called Descent

    A Small Town Called Descent

    A Small Town Called Descent

    02010HD

    Somewhere in a remote part of South Africa a heinous crime is committed. Against the backdrop of xenophobic riots that have swept across the country,...

    A Small Town Called Descent