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Showing 1 - 10 of 228 titles with a criteria of Subject is Immigration and Refugees


Abandoned

Exposé of the horrifying results of the 1996 immigration law.

Bullfrog Films | 2001 | 55 minutes

After The Earthquake

A young Latin American woman living in San Francisco is joined by her fiancee, who has escaped the political situation in their homeland.

Women Make Movies | 1979 | 23 minutes

Aisha's Story

Through food, Aisha Azzam traces the story of Palestinian displacement and rebuilding family and community in a refugee camp.

EPF Media | 2025 | 66 minutes

Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side)

An aspiring corrido composer faces two life-changing choices: to traffic drugs or unlawfully cross the border into the United States.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 70 minutes

Alien: American Dream Denied

This film spotlights the emotional journey of high-skilled, documented immigrants as they seek permanence in a country that benefits from their talent, but denies them a home.

GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 83 minutes

Alien Citizen: An Earth Odyssey

Elizabeth Liang is a Cross-Cultural Kid (CCK). A CCK is a person who has lived in—or meaningfully interacted with—two or more cultural environments for a significant period of time during developmental years.

Collective Eye Films | 2022 | 90 minutes

Angel Peacock

Twelve-year-old Dawod, a Yazidi refugee, faces the challenges of his first year in Canada.

National Film Board of Canada | 2019 | 25 minutes

Another Paradise

Fifty years ago the entire Creole population of the Chagos Islands was expelled by the British authorities. This secret operation took place in order to lease the largest island to the US Navy so that it could install a military base. Now Chagossian exiles embark on a struggle to return home.

Andana Films | 2019 | 82 minutes

Bad Hombres

Journalist Stef Biemans travels between Guatemala and the U.S. during the first months of the Trump Administration, to see what the so-called ‘bad hombres’ hope to find in the U.S.

Pragda Films | 2019 | 50 minutes

Barber Shop - Ep 1: Clacton-on-Sea / UK

How possibly could the UK vote for Brexit? In Clacton-on-Sea, a small seaside town, barber Susan and her clients reflects on current European issues like migration, religious extremism, economic decline and the position of the UK vis-à-vis the EU.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes