Immigrant Movies

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

After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age of one, to Algeria, his country of birth. In a...

A reclusive non-conforming immigrant arouses fear and suspicion within a conservative insular community.

An Indian immigrant awakens inside a confined metal box, with the walls slowly closing in... unless he can do the work assigned to him.

Gabriel, a recent immigrant, grapples with whether to show his nationality on his resume. As he sets out to find a job the next day, he confronts the...

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

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...

In 1975, a seven-months pregnant Vietnamese refugee, Giap, escapes Saigon in a boat and, within weeks, finds herself working on an assembly line in...

An ill Central American single mother risks her life in order to give her son a stable future in the United States.

The lives of two asylum seekers fleeing post-social unrest in their home city intertwine in Britain, starting a romance that tests their resilience...

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

A collaboration between filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira and performance artist Thomas Pinnock, who performs his "immigrant folktales" using traditional lore...

An 11-year-old illegal immigrant seeks the guidance of a reluctant, old man to help him win the heart of his first love at school, while he cleverly...

When immigrants Attila and Jana resettle in a rural Australian town as part of a government policy to populate isolated areas, they consider...

Tales from Arab Detroit is a video documentary offering a fascinating glimpse into the lives and struggles of the Arab American community in the...

In a field surrounded and squeezed by increasing industrialization, an immigrant family, deep in financial debt, struggles to survive through...

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

So Yun Um’s debut feature is a moving portrait of two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconciling their dreams with those of...

Tells the story of an African immigrant surviving on the fringes of New York City where music is his passion, life is a hustle and falling in love is...

A teenager arrives from Germany to his grandparents in Novi Sad. He can't adjust to Yugoslavian schools, system or slow way of life, so he asks his...