Immigrant Life
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    Anansi

    The story of a group of West Africans who—through their desperate need and quest for survival—brave...

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    Claire Dolan (2000)

    A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have...

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    Anna (1987)

    An expatriate Czech movie queen (Sally Kirkland) loses her boyfriend (Robert Fields) and career to a...

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    The Man Who Cried (2001)

    Adopted by a British couple and stripped of her ethnicity, a Russian Jew (Christina Ricci)...

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    One Man's Hero (1999)

    As the war between the United States and Mexico drags on, a band of Irish-American soldiers defects...

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    Lana's Rain (2004)

    Longing for a family, a young Bosnian woman escapes to America with her long-lost brother, a wanted...

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    Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

    A small-town reporter (Ethan Hawke) covers the murder trial of a Japanese-American and learns that...

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    Italianamerican (1974)

    In the living room of their Elizabeth Street apartment, Scorsese's parents discuss their childhood...

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    Grow Your Own

    An English community gets testy when a refuge family is granted a plot of land on which to grow...

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    Combination Platter (1993)

    A portrait of Chinese illegal immigrants who are caught between two cultures, but belong to neither....

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    The Big Brawl

    An effete 1930s Chicago mobster (Jose Ferrer) pits a Chinese kicker (Jackie Chan) against a...

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    Borderline (1980)

    A U.S. Border Patrol officer (Charles Bronson) poses as an illegal alien to catch a killer (Ed...

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    Moscow on the Hudson (1984)

    A Russian musician defects to the United States and settles in New York with the help of a...

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    A Few Days in September

    A CIA agent disappears with important information, and his former associate, a Frenchwoman (Juliette...

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    Balseros (2003)

    Following civil unrest in Havana, refugees emigrate to the United States in 1994.

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    Big Night (1996)

    Two Italian brothers hope to save their failing restaurant by preparing a feast for bandleader Louis...

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    Take Out (2008)

    A guy eliminates chain restaurants.

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    Farmingville (2004)

    Documentary on the attempted murder of two Mexican day laborers in Farmingville, New York.

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    Flowers From Another World

    Realizing his village has too few marriageable women, a man has a party to bring some into the town.

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    Stroszek (1977)

    In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a...

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    Loin

    Three stories cover the lives of three characters over a three day period. The paths of Serge, Said,...

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    Shottas (2006)

    Kingston, Jamaica is a breeding ground for great music, great food, great style and great...

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    Man Push Cart (2006)

    In New York, a Pakistani immigrant (Ahmad Razvi) who was once a rock star sells coffee and bootleg...

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    Bread and Roses (2001)

    A lawyer (Adrien Brody) helps sisters (Pilar Padilla, Elpidia Carrillo) who are illegal immigrants...

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    Office Tigers

    OfficeTiger is an unusual company. Started by two Americans six years ago, it’s rapidly expanded to...

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    Heaven Before I Die (1997)

    Told in first person, the story revolves around Jacob, a handsome young man born in Jerusalem with...

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    Across the Sea of Time (1995)

    Hoping to find the branch of his family that came to America at the turn of the century, Tomas, a...

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    ABCD (2001)

    An Indian-American (Sheetal Sheth) must choose between two men while her brother (Faran Tahir)...

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    Crack 6-T (1997)

    A gang drama centering on the no-future teens and young adults who populate the subsidized 'burbs of...

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    Good Morning Babylon (1987)

    The life and death of two Italian brothers who came to America, worked in Hollywood during the...