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Immigration Films

Displaying 23 films

Aliyah

Aliyah

Before he can make his "aliyah" (return to Israel), Alex must score some money while balancing a new romance and his brother's addiction.

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Amador

Amador

A young woman and the bed-ridden older man she cares for share intimate secrets.

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Arranged

Arranged

ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman, both being subjected to arranged marriages, in Brooklyn.

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Complicity

Complicity

Cheng Liang works illegally in Japan at a soba restaurant and lives in constant fear of his real identity being discovered.

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Famous Nathan

Famous Nathan

FAMOUS NATHAN is the insider documentary about Nathan’s Famous, the iconic Coney Island eatery founded in 1916, told through exclusive audio clips, family archives and extensive interviews with dedi...

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Foreign Letters

Foreign Letters

From different worlds, Ellie and Thuy form a powerful bond that helps Ellie cope with the hardships of adjusting to her new life in the states.

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Fraulein

Fraulein

Soon after beautiful Ana starts working in a Zurich café, her boundless energy and sexuality push her bosses’ limits and a terrible secret comes to light.

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Free Men

Free Men

In WWII France, an Algerian black marketeer risks his life when he joins the Paris Mosque in a clandestine mission to help Jews escape the Nazis.

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Hospitalite

Hospitalite

A Tokyo family’s unassuming lifestyle is turned upside down by the increasingly bizarre antics of their strange new tenant.

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I Am Yours

I Am Yours

An unhappy single mother in Norway's Pakistani expatriate community begins to ignore her young son in favor of placating a Swedish filmmaker she thinks could change her life for the better.

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Ilo Ilo

Ilo Ilo

In the late 1990s, a busy working-class couple in Singapore hires a Filipino woman to be a live-in maid and nanny for their rebellious young son.

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Inch'Allah Dimanche

Inch'Allah Dimanche

A deeply moving portrait of an Algerian woman’s experience as an immigrant in France at a time when racial violence ran deep.

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Lucky

Lucky

A young orphan ironically – or perhaps fittingly – named Lucky leaves his Zulu village for the big city after his mother passes away.

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Oceans are the Real Continents

Oceans are the Real Continents

A wistful look at several characters in small inland town in Cuba.

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Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror

In this Academy Award-winning film from 1987, a Swedish father and son escape their impoverished rural life in hopes of finding a new start in Denmark.

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Pushing Hands

Pushing Hands

Aging tai chi master Mr. Chu struggles to adjust to life in New York, living with his Americanized son. The debut film from Ang Lee.

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Sea Fog (Haemoo)

Sea Fog (Haemoo)

Desperate to keep his fishing ship in business, a cash-strapped Korean sea captain and his crew agree to smuggle Chinese immigrants into the country. After their plan goes horribly wrong, violence eru...

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Shun Li and the Poet

Shun Li and the Poet

A Chinese barmaid and a Slavic fisherman find friendship and more in an Italian fishing village.

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Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear

Desperate for true love, painfully shy bodybuilder Dennis escapes the watch of his domineering mother and travels to Thailand in search of the love of his life.

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The Charmer

The Charmer

A NY Times critics pick, THE CHARMER is a slow-burning thriller about Esmail an Iranian man seeking a Danish bride.

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The Human Resources Manager

The Human Resources Manager

A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.

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The Road to Mandalay

The Road to Mandalay

Two Burmese immigrants flee their country for Thailand. After finding work, they try to acquire fake identity papers, but only one is successful.

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Twin Flower

Twin Flower

Two adolescents, damaged by life. Anna, whose father has been murdered and Basim, an immigrant orphan, escape together towards a new start.

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