Movies: Working immigrants

  • 2023
    DUCK

    DUCK (2023)

    DUCK

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    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....

    DUCK
  • 2012
    Polaris

    Polaris (2012)

    Polaris

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    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...

    Polaris
  • 1975
    Ali in Wonderland

    Ali in Wonderland (1975)

    Ali in Wonderland

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    Ali in Wonderland unveils the condition of immigrant workers in Paris in the 1970s. It is a cry of anger against exploitation and racism, uncompromisingly raising the role of the French state, the media, capitalism, and colonization in this system of...

    Ali in Wonderland
  • 2013
    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World (2013)

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

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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....

    Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World
  • 2024
    La Uva

    La Uva (2024)

    La Uva

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    This feature length documentary tells the story of three Latino wine makers in California's Napa Valley. From their humble beginnings as immigrant laborers working the grape harvests in California, to their now formidable positions as wine makers and...

    La Uva