Immigration Movies

  • 2009
    Puente de la Costa Sur

    Puente de la Costa Sur

    Puente de la Costa Sur

    02009HD

    Puente de la Costa Sur, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its creative, grassroots...

    Puente de la Costa Sur
  • 1970
    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    Klaira's Story - Berezka

    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 - Berezka
  • 2012
    They Come to America

    They Come to America

    They Come to America

    5.32012HD

    A documentary that explores the human and financial costs of illegal immigration.

    They Come to America
  • 2017
    Ces gens du pays...

    Ces gens du pays...

    Ces gens du pays...

    02017HD

    My Thu, an immigrant of Vietnamese origin who had to flee her country during the war, faces an eviction order from her Montreal apartment. In the...

    Ces gens du pays...
  • 2022
    Jews of the Wild West

    Jews of the Wild West

    Jews of the Wild West

    22022HD

    “Jews of the Wild West” is a feature-length documentary completed in December 2021. The independent not-for-profit project is produced by...

    Jews of the Wild West
  • 1970
    Arrimage

    Arrimage

    Arrimage

    01970HD

    Arrimage
  • 1970
    D’Acadie en Bolivie

    D’Acadie en Bolivie

    D’Acadie en Bolivie

    01970HD

    D’Acadie en Bolivie
  • 2009
    The Least of These

    The Least of These

    The Least of These

    02009HD

    Detention of immigrant children in a former medium-security prison in Texas in 2007-8 leads to controversy when three activist attorneys discover...

    The Least of These
  • 2025
    Couper le cordon

    Couper le cordon

    Couper le cordon

    02025HD

    Couper le cordon
  • 2021
    Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]

    Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]

    Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]

    02021HD

    This film tells a story of ethnic Koreans from Russia and the post-Soviet territories making their new home in New York City. The history of the...

    Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]
  • 2026
    Enquanto Te Espero, Escrevo Essa Carta

    Enquanto Te Espero, Escrevo Essa Carta

    Enquanto Te Espero, Escrevo Essa Carta

    02026HD

    Enquanto Te Espero, Escrevo Essa Carta
  • 2020
    Okinawa/Santos

    Okinawa/Santos

    Okinawa/Santos

    02020HD

    During World War II, many Japanese immigrants in Santos, Brazil, were forced to move to another place. Matsubayashi draws attention to the fact that...

    Okinawa/Santos
  • 1970
    Mektoub

    Mektoub

    Mektoub

    91970HD

    Ahmed, an Algerian laborer and young father, leaves his country and arrives in France, hoping to find a job through Salah, a friend who has been...

    Mektoub
  • 1997
    Sambal Belacan in San Francisco

    Sambal Belacan in San Francisco

    Sambal Belacan in San Francisco

    01997HD

    “Sambal Belacan in San Francisco” is a documentary which revolves around three women from Singapore who move to San Francisco in the...

    Sambal Belacan in San Francisco
  • 1970
    The Price of Shelter

    The Price of Shelter

    The Price of Shelter

    01970HD

    Private-sector rented accommodation for the Surinamese and Antillean Dutch who increasingly moved to Amsterdam from these former colonies in the...

    The Price of Shelter
  • 1970
    Enfants Enfermés

    Enfants Enfermés

    Enfants Enfermés

    01970HD

    Enfants Enfermés
  • 2017
    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

    12017HD

    Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Point, a gritty area in New York City known as the...

    The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York
  • 2023
    A Memory of Friendship

    A Memory of Friendship

    A Memory of Friendship

    02023HD

    A film student returns to his family home in search of identity, uncovering hidden family secrets and discovering that the answers he seeks lie...

    A Memory of Friendship
  • 2024
    Idrees Khan: Ties to Trinidad

    Idrees Khan: Ties to Trinidad

    Idrees Khan: Ties to Trinidad

    02024HD

    A conversation between Idrees Khan and his mother on how the celebrate their Trini culture in Orlando

    Idrees Khan: Ties to Trinidad
  • 2018
    Natives of the New World

    Natives of the New World

    Natives of the New World

    82018HD

    Natives of the New World is a short documentary film shot on cell phones by the Kino Mosaik collective, which was founded in Lesbos Island, Greece,...

    Natives of the New World