Immigration Movies

Inspired by the 1930s court case Roldan vs. Los Angeles County, Filipino Salvador Roldan and English Marjorie Rogers must find a way to convince an...

Artist Ramiro Gomez advocates for domestic laborers through an art instillation in the Sonoran Desert, in tribute to his immigrant roots.

A girl is on the verge of immigrating and leaving her home behind, while memories of her childhood linger in every corner of the room.

After two months of a hard-fought strike, accompanied by a day-and-night occupation of the premises, Jeune Afrique's workers were the victims of a...

In 1892, Ellis Island, in New York Bay, became the main gateway to the United States for immigrants arriving increasingly from Europe. The story of...

A documentary released in 1985 about the Mothers of Place Vendôme.

Teto the altar boy turns his church into a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.

An intimate close-up on Aleya, a trans woman who has recently moved from Cairo to germany right after her transition. This portrait marks her first...

Through the personal memory of the view of the director who in first person re-lives, after fifty years, the journey of his family towards Argentina,...

A Latinx immigrant mother makes waves with a historic campaign to end the sharing of the Philadelphia police database with ICE.

Tata Milouda came to France from Morocco in 1989, forced by her controlling husband. Undocumented, exploited and separated from her six children, she...

The filmmaker’s grandmother moved into this house in 1971. When Rolande Ségalini died, everything remained as it was during her...

A young immigrant arrives in Canada from France, and brings his Citroën 2CV with him. The iconic post-war car stands out on the streets of...

Exploring the conflicts that inhabit individuals who experience immigration, Nana is a film about origins.

In 1979, after the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan, millions of Afghans were forced to leave their homeland to save their lives, and in the...

Detention of immigrant children in a former medium-security prison in Texas in 2007-8 leads to controversy when three activist attorneys discover...