Immigrant Family Movies
- 2023
Ruthful
Ruthful02023HD
When a Chinese-Canadian college student returns home to Toronto, she visits a Hong Kong cafe she frequented during her childhood. Through eating the...
- 2019
Building the American Dream
Building the American Dream62019HD
In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. This documentary follows three immigrant families who are rising up to...
- 2017
Passage of Life
Passage of Life62017HD
Burmese boy Kaung and his family emigrated to Japan with the hope for a better life. They have lived in Tokyo for years, but never obtained a visum....
- 2017
Yellow Heat
Yellow Heat52017HD
In a field surrounded and squeezed by increasing industrialization, an immigrant family, deep in financial debt, struggles to survive through...
- 2022
Desi Standard Time Travel
Desi Standard Time Travel102022HD
When a new father suddenly loses his own dad, an opportunity to travel back in time for an evening gives him a chance to end things on a better note.
- 2023
I Went to End It All, but A Candy Changed Me
I Went to End It All, but A Candy Changed Me02023HD
After forcefully being called to their grandfather's funeral by their abusive mother, our protagonist is forced to deal with their suicidal...
- 1970
Florence from Ohio
Florence from Ohio01970HD
Filmmaker Stephanie Wang-Breal sets out to cross the generational divide, confronting long-simmering tensions with her Chinese immigrant mother by...
- 1970
Fidel
Fidel01970HD
A young Filipino man learns to be the caregiver of his abusive grandmother who suffers from dementia, only to be mistaken as her old lover.
- 2022
Ardent One
Ardent One02022HD
An experimental film that reflects on the past, encourages audiences to live in the present and look into the future with optimism.
- 2018
Built to Last
Built to Last02018HD
From humble beginnings in a small slate roofed village in Greece to the heyday of America's movie palaces, the Latchis Family built an empire of...
- 2020
Con Esperanza
Con Esperanza02020HD
When Ruben, a young Chicano musician, is caught between his mother’s expectations and his own hopes, he is forced to make a decision that will...
- 2019
The Clash
The Clash1.52019HD
Roberto, a Peruvian boy in his teens, has moved to Montreal to live with his father, Bob Montoya, and his new Canadian family. While Bob tries to...
- 2010
Playing With Dolls
Playing With Dolls02010HD
Olya, a straight-A middle school student, is experiencing her parents' break-up and her first love at the same time, all while struggling to maintain...
- 2023
Soon Come Back
Soon Come Back02023HD
Soon Come Back is a poetic documentary about migration’s effect on Nande's relationships to “home” in Jamaica and the US, and her...
- 1970
Semitjov - Dreams for a Better World
Semitjov - Dreams for a Better World01970HD
A documentary about the creative genius Eugen Semitjov and his fascinating background.
- 1970
Transplant
Transplant01970HD
What does it feel like to be a stranger in a country that you’ve lived in for twenty years? Two rootless and tenacious Chinese immigrants, Quan...
- 2014
William Yang Blood Links
William Yang Blood Links72014HD
Renowned Australian artist William Yang traces the labyrinthine web of his family history in this adaptation of his iconic live performance piece....
- 2009
Changes
Changes02009HD
A Liberian family who moved to US for a better life expect the arrival of their two older sons after ten years.
- 2013
My German Children
My German Children02013HD
Tom Tamar Pauer's family is both Israeli and German, Jewish and Christian. When she moves to Israel with her German children after 16 years in...