Immigrant Movies
- 1994
Taxi-vala/Auto-biography
Taxi-vala/Auto-biography01994HD
A documentary exploring the experiences and attitudes of Indian and Pakistani taxi drivers in New York City while also questioning the filmmaker's...
- 2019
La langue est donc une histoire d'amour
La langue est donc une histoire d'amour82019HD
- 2020
This Is Closest to How the Last Weeks of March Felt Like
This Is Closest to How the Last Weeks of March Felt Like02020HD
A personal account of the COVID-19 pandemic in America and its effects on an immigrant family as seen through the eyes of a student quarantined at...
- 2022
Reunion
Reunion02022HD
By asking the same question across generations of Southern Chinese in the UK, this film documents a vignette of two recent Hong Kong immigrants and...
- 1970
Cleaners
Cleaners01970HD
Toño and Aldo are immigrant workers, on what seems a regular day of cleaning duty Toño carries with him a heavy burden.
- 1970
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...
- 2020
Batchan
Batchan02020HD
Teachings of an Issei. Advice, spirituality and challenges.
- 1970
Klaira's Story - Why Was I Here?
Klaira's Story - Why Was I Here?01970HD
Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...
- 2009
Hunky Blues
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The internationally acclaimed director and recipient of the Erasmus Award in 2007, Péter Forgács created a documentary exploring the...
- 1962
Strangers for the Day
Strangers for the Day01962HD
This short documentary shows the reactions of European immigrants as they land in Halifax at the beginning of the 1960s. From the port, we follow...
- 2022
Purple Bells
Purple Bells102022HD
30 years after their emigration, Danni interviews his family and tries to learn their story to reconcile with the past.
- 1983
The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis
The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis01983HD
Fifteen-year-old Pavle Hromiš, obeying the will of his parents, leaves Germany and goes to live in Yugoslavia with his grandmother. He has...
- 2025
Tenemos una Voz!
Tenemos una Voz!102025HD
Santiago Domingo is a child of an immigrant who is concerned about the recent changes on immigrants. As he retells the day where he found out these...
- 2020
En Rang Par Deux
En Rang Par Deux02020HD
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...
- 1970
Give it Back!
Give it Back!01970HD
Olivia (12), just moved with her family from New York and arrives for her first day of school. She struggles to find her place within the hierarchy...
- 1970
E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards
E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards01970HD
The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation...
- 2022
Tuī Ná
Tuī Ná02022HD
A boy struggles to reconcile his burgeoning queer identity with his filial duties and expectations from his Chinese immigrant mother.
- 1970
Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past
Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past01970HD
Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...
- 1970
Remember When We Immigrated Here?
Remember When We Immigrated Here?01970HD
This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...
- 2001
Tinplate Soldiers
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A group of children of different races and nationalities, visit the shoemaker before they organized to play.