Movies and TvShows featuring "immigration-to-brazil" theme.

Terra Nostra is a TV show set in 19th century Brazil, following the lives of Italian immigrants who work on a plantation. It focuses on the star-crossed lovers and their struggles in a foreign land. The show explores themes of love, immigration, and family dynamics.

Laila is a Syrian victim of a bombing who agrees to marry a powerful sheikh in exchange for money to save her little brother's life. However, plans change due to the tragic death of the child. Laila and her family flee to start a new life in distant lands. Abandoned and enraged, the sheikh sends Jamil, his right-hand man, in search of the bride, but could not imagine he would fail to obey his command and fall madly in love with her. This forbidden love will be tested when the sheikh's daughter decides to take revenge after her father's mysterious death. From Emmy winners Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid, ‘Orphans of a Nation’ tells a beautiful love story in the current context of refugees from around the world.

7 Prisoners follows the harrowing story of a young man who becomes trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking in Sao Paulo, Brazil. As he struggles to escape and survive, he is faced with moral dilemmas and must navigate the harsh realities of poverty, crime, and the mafia. This coming-of-age tale sheds light on the social issues and struggles faced by those who immigrate to Brazil in search of a better life.

A group of teenagers gets unintentionally involved in a conflict between Japanese Shinto ghosts and Brazilian witchcraft.

In 1988, the disappearance of a young girl shocks the population of little Brígida, in the interior of southern Brazil, resulting in the banning of pagan festivities of Ivana Kupala. Thirty years later, the city is preparing to bring the party back, but terrifying events, along with the dangerous ritual of transmigration of souls, unsettle the community and bring to light the secrets of a crime that ties three families’ destinies through time.

Destino: São Paulo is an original television miniseries created for the Brazilian branch of the HBO Latin America. The series was produced by O2 Filmes, and directed by Alex Gabassi and Fábio Mendonça. It first aired on November 25, 2012. The miniseries consists of six episodes focusing on the lives of immigrants in São Paulo, Brazil. Each episode follows the life of a different group, portraying the frustrations, joys, and culture shock they face daily. Most of the characters are played by immigrants who were selected for the production, playing with their native language.

A Nigerian musician travels to Brazil to search for his estranged brother, who is living a life very different than the one his family thought.

Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.

Observational documentary about people as refugees and asylum seekers in many geographical locations such as Germany, Brazil, Western Sahara, Myanmar, Cuba, South Sudan.

Cinema Morocco is a thought-provoking documentary that delves into the social issues surrounding homelessness and immigration in Brazil. Set in Sao Paulo, the film explores the struggles faced by those living in an abandoned movie theater and provides insight into the broader social issues in Southeast Brazil.

Italian emigration to Brazil was one of the biggest migrations of all time. This precious exploration of almost 150 years of history and work was filmed in the mountainous southern region of Serra Gaúcha in Brazil, where a population largely originating from Trentino and Veneto introduced viticulture and still speaks the talian dialect, and in the areas of northern Italy where the families came from. The film returns there in search of the memories and traditions handed down to their descendants.

The Other Side of the Atlantic is a documentary that builts a bridge in the ocean that separates Brazil and Africa. The film tackles the cultural exchanges, the imaginary created through the mirroring, the prejudice and dreams built in both sides of the atlantic through the life stories of the students of african countries in transit through Brazil.