Immigrant Movies

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.

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...

After arriving in 1940 New York, Freddy struggles to find work. His world of refugee acquaintances includes the depressed daughter of a...

In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married...

After a couple of chance encounters the nightly meetings with Juli become the most important thing in Juan's life. God willing, fantasy can become...

A Korean Granddaughter faces guilt and shame as she reunites with her Halmeoni (Grandma) after immigrating away at a young age, having forgotten her...

El Hadj is studying in Paris. He is one of the young Senegalese men who have come to Paris since the French colony became independent to get a good...

A family of Russian Jews living in New York struggles to survive, while the mother strives to better their lives, but she finds that most of her...

A first-generation college senior confronts the realities of generational trauma, while preparing an original piece for an upcoming violin audition.

A group of children of different races and nationalities, visit the shoemaker before they organized to play.

Tensions rise between an immigrant father and his first generation son as they try to connect with each other and deal with the weight of cultural...

Every week, two friends born 67 years apart share their life stories in a senior home's living room. The younger friend convinces the 107-year-old...

Oscar, not quite a child anymore, scavenges for scrap metal for his father. He spends his life in improvised landfills among what remains of...

An immigrant love story set on a street corner.

Woojin, a 25-year-old Korean student tries to adjust to a new city where he doesn’t speak the language. Confusion, despair and bad breath makes...

Immigrant residents of a “shift-bed” apartment in the heart of New York City’s Chinatown share their stories of personal and...

Co-directed by acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras and subject Thavisouk Phrasavath, this haunting documentary chronicles a refugee family’s...

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...

Illegal immigrants and asylum seekers in Serbia, placed in asylum centers after their dramatic journeys from war-torn and poverty-stricken areas of...