Immigrant Movies

  • 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

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    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
  • 2022
    A Portrait of Us

    A Portrait of Us

    A Portrait of Us

    02022HD

    A short documentary that follows Korean grandparents as they share their modern-day reckoning of their immigration story and grandparenthood.

    A Portrait of Us
  • 2022
    Smiling Jockey

    Smiling Jockey

    Smiling Jockey

    02022HD

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

    Smiling Jockey
  • 1970
    Tales from Arab Detroit

    Tales from Arab Detroit

    Tales from Arab Detroit

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    Tales from Arab Detroit is a video documentary offering a fascinating glimpse into the lives and struggles of the Arab American community in the...

    Tales from Arab Detroit
  • 2008
    Brazillians Like Me

    Brazillians Like Me

    Brazillians Like Me

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    The encounter with a growing, and mostly undocumented, brazilian community allows us to bear witness to its energy, its vivacity, and its diversity....

    Brazillians Like Me
  • 2025
    Tenemos una Voz!

    Tenemos una Voz!

    Tenemos una Voz!

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    Santiago Domingo is a child of an immigrant who is concerned about the recent changes on immigrants. As he retells the day where he found out these...

    Tenemos una Voz!
  • 1970
    Give it Back!

    Give it Back!

    Give it Back!

    01970HD

    Olivia (12), just moved with her family from New York and arrives for her first day of school. She struggles to find her place within the hierarchy...

    Give it Back!
  • 2019
    Mama Rosa

    Mama Rosa

    Mama Rosa

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    Rosa is from Croatia and lives in Switzerland, with her husband who depends on her care. She takes care of everything. Her children have grown up and...

    Mama Rosa
  • 1970
    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past

    01970HD

    Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...

    Klaira's Story - Connection to the Past
  • 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?
  • 1970
    Through Immigrants' Eyes

    Through Immigrants' Eyes

    Through Immigrants' Eyes

    01970HD

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

    Through Immigrants' Eyes
  • 2025
    The Empty

    The Empty

    The Empty

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    A panicked woman embarks on a quest for power.

    The Empty
  • 2017
    Lower Heaven

    Lower Heaven

    Lower Heaven

    02017HD

    Tehran 2017, three days in life of two young undocumented Afghani brothers, recently immigrated to Iran, who see their destiny take a turn just as a...

    Lower Heaven
  • 2017
    Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

    72017HD

    Boiling Point (original title Kiehumispiste) describes the different reactions the Finnish people had to the large immigration amounts in 2015-2016.

    Boiling Point
  • 2013
    Dreaming of Democracy

    Dreaming of Democracy

    Dreaming of Democracy

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    A desperate journey in the heart of Thessaloniki. Seven Iranians, each one for his personal reasons, leave their homeland and embark on a life...

    Dreaming of Democracy