Immigration Movies

  • 2009
    Puente de la Costa Sur

    Puente de la Costa Sur

    Puente de la Costa Sur

    02009HD

    Puente de la Costa Sur, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its creative, grassroots...

    Puente de la Costa Sur
  • 2010
    Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos

    Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos

    Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos

    02010HD

    Over a thousand immigrant workers from the highland of Maya community of Jacaltenango, Guatemala live and work in Jupiter, Florida, a costal resort...

    Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos
  • 1970
    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?

    01970HD

    This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

    Remember When We Immigrated Here?
  • 2019
    Prince of Paris

    Prince of Paris

    Prince of Paris

    02019HD

    A film about Princesse, a 9-year-old Cameroonian, and her father, who leaves Africa to make their dreams come true. The two keep in touch through...

    Prince of Paris
  • 2022
    I'm Lina

    I'm Lina

    I'm Lina

    02022HD

    Lina is a twelve-year-old Syrian girl who has just arrived at the home of Sonia, an activist who has been in refugee camps in Greece. Lina suffers a...

    I'm Lina
  • 2022
    The Borderline

    The Borderline

    The Borderline

    02022HD

    A man and his dog cross the desert in search of La Frontera, a mighty river that represents the geographical limit with the neighboring territory....

    The Borderline
  • 1982
    At Tourkovounia

    At Tourkovounia

    At Tourkovounia

    01982HD

    Greek internal migrants in Athens, after the Greek Civil War colonize the tops of the Tourkovounia hills.

    At Tourkovounia
  • 2006
    Straight Stories, Part 1

    Straight Stories, Part 1

    Straight Stories, Part 1

    52006HD

    Somewhere between documentary and fiction, this is an essay on questions of territory and human displacements made during an excursion from southern...

    Straight Stories, Part 1
  • 1970
    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    01970HD

    Gary's Story is part of a collective filmmaking project that looks at relationships between teenagers and their grandparents in families that have...

    Gary's Story - No Second Best
  • 2019
    Venezuela at Home

    Venezuela at Home

    Venezuela at Home

    32019HD

    Two groups of Venezuelan dancers, while preparing for a dance battle, survive at traffic lights in the streets of Medellín. A group reflection...

    Venezuela at Home
  • 2020
    Okinawa/Santos

    Okinawa/Santos

    Okinawa/Santos

    02020HD

    During World War II, many Japanese immigrants in Santos, Brazil, were forced to move to another place. Matsubayashi draws attention to the fact that...

    Okinawa/Santos
  • 1970
    Gary's Story - Under a Car in Life

    Gary's Story - Under a Car in Life

    Gary's Story - Under a Car in Life

    01970HD

    Gary's Story is part of a collective filmmaking project that looks at relationships between teenagers and their grandparents in families that have...

    Gary's Story - Under a Car in Life
  • 2022
    Europe by Bidon

    Europe by Bidon

    Europe by Bidon

    62022HD

    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...

    Europe by Bidon
  • 2000
    Well-Founded Fear

    Well-Founded Fear

    Well-Founded Fear

    02000HD

    Examines how the Immigration and Naturalization Service decides who will be granted asylum in the United States. The applicant must have a...

    Well-Founded Fear
  • 1991
    The Neon Children

    The Neon Children

    The Neon Children

    101991HD

    Djamel and his deaf-mute companion Karim, both of North African origin, live in the middle of the materials they collect in their suburb. One evening...

    The Neon Children
  • 2017
    Los Lecheros

    Los Lecheros

    Los Lecheros

    02017HD

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

    Los Lecheros
  • 2016
    Récits d'une jeunesse exilée - J'ai marché jusqu'à vous

    Récits d'une jeunesse exilée - J'ai marché jusqu'à vous

    Récits d'une jeunesse exilée - J'ai marché jusqu'à vous

    102016HD

    Récits d'une jeunesse exilée - J'ai marché jusqu'à vous
  • 2007
    Mark Logan

    Mark Logan

    Mark Logan

    6.62007HD

    In an Italian province of Calabria. Here we meet Marcello, his brother Paolo and their father, who have lost everything except hope of a better life...

    Mark Logan
  • 2018
    Birth on the border

    Birth on the border

    Birth on the border

    02018HD

    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...

    Birth on the border
  • 1970
    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards

    01970HD

    The San Francisco Foundation presents 2013 Community Leadership Awardee, Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC), with The San Francisco Foundation...

    E4FC - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards