Immigrant Movies

  • 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
  • 1970
    Give it Back!

    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...

    Give it Back!
  • 1970
    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    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...

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?
  • 2022
    Czechs in Chicago

    Czechs in Chicago

    Czechs in Chicago

    02022HD

    The story of the Czech immigrant experience in Chicago, past and present. Spanning nearly two centuries of turbulent times, it shows how the...

    Czechs in Chicago
  • 2022
    Reunion

    Reunion

    Reunion

    02022HD

    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...

    Reunion
  • 1970
    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew

    01970HD

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

    Yelena's Story - Everything You Need to Know to Be a Jew
  • 1970
    Klaira's Story - Why Was I Here?

    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...

    Klaira's Story - Why Was I Here?
  • 1970
    Hard Work and

    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...

    Hard Work and
  • 1970
    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    01970HD

    Gary's Story is part of a collective filmmaking project that looks at relationships between teenagers and their grandparents in families that have...

    Gary's Story - No Second Best
  • 1970
    Memento Amare

    Memento Amare

    Memento Amare

    01970HD

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

    Memento Amare
  • 2020
    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina

    02020HD

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

    De Senegal hacia España y Argentina
  • 1970
    Melody of Loss

    Melody of Loss

    Melody of Loss

    01970HD

    Five years after losing his wife in the Ukrainian flight PS752 tragedy, an immigrant living in Toronto searches for meaning in the heart of the loss...

    Melody of Loss