Immigrant Movies

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Scandinavian immigrant Annie Swenson, who worked as cook...

The Boston Pops performs Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert, prepared by the original creators Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty...

This short documentary is about newcomers to Canada and what they eat. Funny, mouth-watering and visually delectable, it takes us into the specialty...

Moving between the playful and the contemplative, explores the meaning of identity and home across three generations of an Iraqi family in Texas.

In post-World War I Winnipeg, a Ukrainian immigrant and a Jewish woman get caught up in a labour strike.

A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up...

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

The challenging daily routine of Ceará-born jockey Antonio Davielson and his family living in a foreign country on the other side of the...

In the middle of an existential crisis, Ariana, a Peruvian filmmaker living in LA, seeks to give meaning to her migration experience by writing a...

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...

After losing her sister in a tragic accident, Korean teen, Youngwon Park (17), is admitted into a foreign exchange student program by her parents...

A personal account of the COVID-19 pandemic in America and its effects on an immigrant family as seen through the eyes of a student quarantined at...

The unexpected arrival of a Nigerian migrant in the Belgian countryside shakes up the fragile daily life of two men living a secret relationship.

Celia Adler, doyenne of the Yiddish stage, gives a haunting performance as a new immigrant forced to give up her son. Obsessed with the thought of...

Fleeing religious persecution, resilient Jewish immigrants arrive in Toronto and begin building affordable, quality housing in a growing metropolis.

Kain Tayo follows Rica Piquan, the owner of Pamilihan Pinoy Asian Groceries, one of only two Filipino markets in Tucson, Arizona. Born and raised in...

A Ghanaian woman, Nana Ama, finds out at airport Schiphol that her papers are false. Her dream to start a new life in the United States falls apart....