Immigrant Movies

This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

An apocalyptical storm threatens to wipe out an entire country. A state of emergency is raised while mayhem breaks out.

An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution...

Documentary exploring the effect of mass immigration on the dwindling white community of the East End, from the perspective of those who remain and...

Freddy, a Viennese Jew who emigrated to New York after Hitler's invasion, and Adler, a left-wing intellectual originally from Berlin, return to...

The Polish woman Wanda, 35, looks after Joseph, 70, in his family villa by the lake. She is there for him around the clock and also helps his wife...

The diaspora of Filipinos around the globe is driven mostly by the economics of supply and demand. The yearning for something better, stability, and...

An undocumented immigrant, Roberto, seeks a way to become lawful, but all efforts are put on hold when he becomes a new father at the onset of the US...

In a reimagining of a first-generation immigrant's experience, this short film follows the director's mother moving from Nigeria to Peckham.

This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in...

An absurd game of “finding happiness” is being played by local Latvian coyotes* and illegal immigrants on the Russian and the European...

When Dolores, an undocumented immigrant who lives alone, discovers $3 million in cash, her life takes a sudden and unexpected turn.

Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable...

Based on true accounts, the superficial lines between subject and bystander are blurred and bound together, allowing individuals to walk in a vast...

Amidst moving homes, a superstitious Indian American girl struggles to bury her pet bird in fear of it haunting her.

Co-directed by acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras and subject Thavisouk Phrasavath, this haunting documentary chronicles a refugee family’s...

Disputed with his father, Jay does everything he can to adapt himself to the city life as an immigrant.

Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.

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

Harris, a poor Bangladeshi worker in Malaysia, simply wants to return to his hometown to marry the love of his life. However, his leave is denied...