Immigrant Movies

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...

The uprooted, the American dreams, the thick and sweet sauce, and an empty dining hall—too much for one to face and survive. It is far easier...

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,...

'Volador' explores the power of acceptance. Mateo, an 18 year old from Mexico, fights his way through challenges that arise in a place (Grand Rapids)...

A migrant tale of sisterhood and music celebrating unconventional friendships and the power of diversity.

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

A gritty, emotional, and culturally explosive crime drama rooted in the Vietnamese and Black communities of East Oakland, California.

The challenging daily routine of Ceará-born jockey Antonio Davielson and his family living in a foreign country on the other side of the...

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...

The lives of an arrogant young motivational speaker in debt to the Chinese mafia, his lookin’-to-get-out girlfriend, and a single father in...

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

In 1983, Chinese-American teen Marlene Lee attends an all-white, all girls summer camp. In order to fit in and impress her new friend Charlene,...

The story of a hard working latino in London, who is about to receive some bad news, in the worst time.

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

The suitcase is packed and placed in the middle of the room, the door to the apartment is open, but something is preventing him from leaving. KROONG...

Yuta is an undocumented Filipino immigrant eking out an existence on the fringes of Japanese society. When his mother dies, he seeks to settle...

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

Follows Vietnamese migrant workers, to examine the reasons behind their numerous escapes and to trace the family situations of those who were...

Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America is an award-winning 2016 documentary about Moises Serrano, who grew up queer and undocumented in...

Documentarist Jane Wong films her mother and two Chinese friends as they discuss their lives and experiences as émigrés living in...