Immigrant Movies

  • 2018
    Generation One

    Generation One

    Generation One

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    Generation One is a short documentary that explores the perspectives of the American-born children of Arab Muslim immigrants as they navigate their...

    Generation One
  • 2023
    My Baba Bozorg

    My Baba Bozorg

    My Baba Bozorg

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    My Baba Bozorg was a professor of literature in Tehran, Iran. He moved to Canada in 2002 to live with his son, my father. He spends his days, at...

    My Baba Bozorg
  • 1970
    Memento Amare

    Memento Amare

    Memento Amare

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    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
  • 1983
    24 Hours

    24 Hours

    24 Hours

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    A young Israeli arrives in New York City but the person with whom he was meant to stay goes AWOL. The Israeli befriends a young, American singer and...

    24 Hours
  • 2022
    Czechs in Chicago

    Czechs in Chicago

    Czechs in Chicago

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    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
    Purple Bells

    Purple Bells

    Purple Bells

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

    Purple Bells
  • 2022
    A Portrait of Us

    A Portrait of Us

    A Portrait of Us

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    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!
  • 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
    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
    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
    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