American Dream Movies

In America, everyone has a family story of immigration. Every family, at some point, has had somebody leave their native country behind to search for...

Examines how a US value system built on the extreme masculine ideals of money, power and control has glorified individualism, institutionalized...

In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. This documentary follows three immigrant families who are rising up to...

November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a deep dive into the heart of Arizona, meeting the...

High school girls Emma and Alice face a life-changing event after they leave their Sacramento home to pursue their dreams in Los Angeles.

A journey into time, landscape and consciousness: The Southwestern United States in the black-and-white moving images and unsettling instrumental...

When Ruben, a young Chicano musician, is caught between his mother’s expectations and his own hopes, he is forced to make a decision that will...

This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major...

The film is a controversy on democracy. Is our society really democratic? Can everyone be part of it? Or is the act of being part in democracy...

Disputed with his father, Jay does everything he can to adapt himself to the city life as an immigrant.

The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history.

Cuban drummer Elvis García reflects on his journey from Havana to Miami, struggling to make his way in the American city as a professional...

What chance does a young hustler from Anchorage, Alaska have after a long prison sentence that feeds him back to the same violent street life?

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...

A young man flees to the United States searching for the American dream.

After being captured by a self-proclaimed border guard, a Mexican boy tries to cook his way to freedom.

Iconic imageries and moments of strange magic in California.

The internationally acclaimed director and recipient of the Erasmus Award in 2007, Péter Forgács created a documentary exploring the...