Immigration Movies

HOMME-RELAIS spotlights Juan Manuel, a doctor turned community leader who, amid migration grief and integration challenges, guides immigrant men...

Over a decade, a family struggles for U.S. citizenship, confronting fear and sacrifice while forging an identity beyond legal status in a hostile...

In Greensboro, NC, a small church community offers sanctuary to Juana Ortega, a Guatemalan grandmother threatened with deportation after 25 years of...

An unsuspecting homeless man comes across a dead body and a valuable necklace. When he tries to do the right thing, he finds himself trapped in an...

When an extraordinary new resident – Balakrishna, an Indian elephant – arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967, no one...

The Double Fight is a choral documentary that explores migration as an act of survival and self-affirmation: migrating in order to be. Through seven...

Rey, a first-generation American, embarks on a nightlong search for his missing $215 million winning lottery ticket. On the journey, Rey wrestles...

An immigration officer has a surprise revelation during a not-so-routine Green Card interview.

The fates of undocumented immigrant workers and Wisconsin's $43 billion dairy industry are closely intertwined - and both are grappling with their...

When Ilse Cruz was a toddler, she and her mom immigrated from Mexico to Chicago in search of better opportunities. Now a passionate dancer and...

One million people legally cross the U.S.-Mexico border every day in both directions. Among them are women from Ciudad Juárez who cross to...

Biodun is Nigerian. In this animated documentary, he tells the story of his journey on foot from Lagos to Paris, how he survives with a container (un...

Struggling with a deep loss and feeling disconnected from his home country while abroad, a young man begins to have a body transformation as he longs...

When Xochit is pursued by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E) agents, a tense standoff ensues outside her restaurant, with her 8-year-old...

An experimental documentary featuring international college students commenting on their experiences of cultural isolation in America.

On the eve of her 65th birthday, Dolores has a premonition: her life is about to change. She will own a successful casino. However, her gambling...

The start of the Yugoslav civil war forces freshly graduated Mina to choose between being an obedient daughter or escaping abroad with her lover so...

A powerful set of stories of “righteous persons” taking action along the U.S.-Mexico border, motivated by moral conviction and...