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La legge è tua il figlio è mio
Movie

La legge è tua il figlio è mio(2025)

52Minutes

The Italian children who grew up in Switzerland between 1950 and 1970 were considered illegal. The law allowed guest workers to work, but not to raise their children here. Many seasonal workers defied the legislation because they wanted to keep their family together. Their children, who now live well integrated in Switzerland, look back on the difficult time of their childhood.

The Abandoned
Movie

The Abandoned(2022)

6.3
PG_13
104Minutes

When a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger approaches.

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A social justice organization based in Oakland-Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-focused on building the collective leadership of limited-English speaking immigrants, and empowered women and youth to become powerful agents of social change.

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So Much To Do- So little Time
Movie

So Much To Do- So little Time(2024)

147Minutes

The story of four young people, ShinAe Ahn who is transgender, and three others, pan-sexual, gay, and lesbian respectively, who are fed up with the oppressive and authoritarian conservative government and its influence on the country. ShinAe Ahn decides to run for the office of prime minister, with the help of her friends and supporters. She meets a lot of caring people, and also a lot of haters. The current Prime Minister is not at all tolerant of the LGBTQIA+ community and is trying his hardest to stop any party that does not follow the orders of the conservative government from running without any logical reason to do so. That creates a political divide within the country, as politicians will attack anyone who is and/or who acts differently, or who stands up for people/themselves who they personally don't like. This story however is being told after the fact, a few years after the election, when ShinAe won as prime minister.

Of Another Place
Movie

Of Another Place(2023)

15Minutes

On a Summer afternoon, Pedro packs the last few boxes before having to leave his apartment in New York. 12 years ago, Pedro and Ana had arrived in America from Portugal, in search of a dream. Now, Ana's voice describes, from the other side of the ocean, that same country to which they are returning. As the rooms are emptied, Pedro bids farewell to one life, welcoming another. But the dream that brought him will remain forever in the city that never sleeps, awaiting his return.

Post Term
Movie

Post Term(2023)

16Minutes

Expecting their first child, a married couple struggles to find romance and connection while building a new life together in America.

Qesat Al Ams
Tv Show

Qesat Al Ams (2008)

6.4

The series deals with the alienation of the Egyptian family in search of money and its impact on the cohesion of the family and on the future of their children, through Zahra, who travels with her husband to one of the Gulf countries, and when the children reach the university stage, the mother is forced to return them to Egypt.

The Fields of Immokalee
Movie

The Fields of Immokalee

29Minutes

For decades, migrant workers have worked the fields of Immokalee, harvesting tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, oranges and other produce that is then shipped across the United States of America. Many of the workers are undocumented, and attempting to keep their jobs even as federal migration crackdowns hover over the town. The Fields of Immokalee film follows the daily lives of tomato workers, from the 5:00am trips to the parking lot in hopes of finding day labor, to work sessions in the scorching mid-day heat, to child detention centers for migrant youth that have been separated from their families. Via these vignettes, the film offers insight into the most volatile political issue of our time.

Elise, or Real Life
Movie

Elise, or Real Life(1970)

6.8
104Minutes

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.

The Taste of Pho
Movie

The Taste of Pho(2019)

6.3
84Minutes

A Warsaw-based Vietnamese cook struggles to fit into the European culture, which his ten-year-old daughter has already embraced as her own. A story about love, misunderstanding and food.

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Don't Come Back by the Same Way
Movie

Don't Come Back by the Same Way(1965)

6.5
90Minutes

The story of a few untrained construction workers from poor underdeveloped parts of the country, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina or Macedonia, who carry out seasonal work in the highly-developed republic of Slovenia. Far from home, problems arise for the men - with their families, alcohol, the local population's derision and the "real Slovenian workers".

Le Bougnoul
Movie

Le Bougnoul(1975)

5.3
102Minutes

A construction worker on a construction site in the Paris suburbs, Mehdi takes the bus to return home after work. Wishing to get off while the vehicle is stationary in a traffic jam, the driver refuses: while restarting, the bus hits the car in front of it. The bus driver attacks Mehdi whom he holds responsible for the incident, claiming that it is forbidden to “talk to the stagehand”. Mehdi is implicated in court and his lawyer tries to draw attention to the living conditions of immigrant workers.

Indian In A Box
Movie

Indian In A Box

An Indian immigrant awakens inside a confined metal box, with the walls slowly closing in... unless he can do the work assigned to him.

24 Days in Brooks
Movie

24 Days in Brooks(2007)

7.2
42Minutes

Over the course of a decade Brooks, Alberta, transformed from a socially conservative, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaughterhouse. This film is a portrait of those people working together and adapting to change through the first-ever strike at Lakeside.

Con El Sudor De Tu Frente
Movie

Con El Sudor De Tu Frente(2024)

23Minutes

When Dolores, an undocumented immigrant who lives alone, discovers $3 million in cash, her life takes a sudden and unexpected turn.

Welcome Back, Farewell
Movie

Welcome Back, Farewell(2021)

7.8
105Minutes

Welcome Back, Farewell is a heartfelt documentary that tells the story of a Japanese-Brazilian family separated by distance and time. It follows their emotional journey as they reunite in Japan, exploring themes of family relationships, labor, and the immigrant experience. Through their experiences, the film sheds light on the challenges faced by working immigrants and the importance of family reunion.

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Les Trois Cousins
Movie

Les Trois Cousins(1970)

21Minutes

The Three Cousins ​​is a comedy-drama by René Vautier released in 1970 about the living conditions of three Algerian immigrant cousins ​​looking for work in Paris. Housed in a narrow construction shed, the coal stove will cause them to suffocate. The Three Cousins ​​won the Best Human Rights Film Award in Strasbourg in 1970.

Polaris
Movie

Polaris(2012)

7.1
15Minutes

Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels. That was until Filipino fishermen started coming to town for work. Both nationalities strive to shorten the distance between two very different worlds.

Free Minu
Movie

Free Minu(2020)

89Minutes

This film begins with a Nepalese person named Minu who sings “Tears of Mokpo”. He came to Korea for a living in this 20s and made the band “Stop Crackdown” known for expressing the lives of migrant laborers through song. But being an illegal alien, he is deported after 18 years.

DUCK
Movie

DUCK(2023)

6Minutes

The touching tale of an immigrant father’s hard work and the fragility of being in a new country, told over the course of a single day.

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Explore a curated list of movies and TV shows that beautifully portray the struggles, dreams, and triumphs of working immigrants from around the world. Gain insights into their multicultural experiences, resilience, and the challenges they overcome to create a better life for themselves and their families.

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