Immigrant Movies

Immigrant construction worker Mihai lives his life divided between the memories of his family that he left at home and his monotonous daily existence...

After the near death of her grandfather, Chinese Canadian filmmaker Michelle Wong embarks on a personal journey back home to her small town of St. Pau...

João, a Portuguese performing arts student, is finishing his schooling season in Rio de Janeiro. It’s his last week this side of the ocean and he redi...

This feature documentary takes us to the heart of the Jane-Finch "Corridor" in the early 1980s. Covering six square blocks in Toronto's North York, th...

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

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 w...

The encounter with a growing, and mostly undocumented, brazilian community allows us to bear witness to its energy, its vivacity, and its diversity. T...

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

A Mauritanian worker, Sidi, works in France. Like most immigrant workers, he is employed to do the most difficult and dangerous jobs. Sidi and his com...

Boiling Point (original title Kiehumispiste) describes the different reactions the Finnish people had to the large immigration amounts in 2015-2016.

An exploration into the shared experiences of community, immigration, and diversity that is based on the true story of one building.

30 years after their emigration, Danni interviews his family and tries to learn their story to reconcile with the past.

A documentary exploring the experiences and attitudes of Indian and Pakistani taxi drivers in New York City while also questioning the filmmaker's rel...

ICE conducted the largest immigration raids in US history at slaughterhouses in 2019, arresting and deporting undocumented workers. Despite the danger...

Austin based refugee house, Casa Marianella, is one of the most prominent refugee houses in the United States, providing life saving services for thou...

Documentary about sub-Saharan immigration in Spain and Argentina focusing especially on the Senegalese community

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

Tehran 2017, three days in life of two young undocumented Afghani brothers, recently immigrated to Iran, who see their destiny take a turn just as a b...

Tensions, along with demons from the past, rise as a young farmer, the mashgiach (kosher supervisor) and the local Rabbi try to decide what to do abou...

Chinese for Affirmative Action is a recipient of the San Francisco Community Leadership Award for being "a champion against discrimination and for adv...