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Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007, c2005
Language
English
Description
Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.
2) Amira & Sam
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To help adjust to coming home from war, Sam (Martin Starr, Silicon Valley), takes a stab at stand-up comedy. Amira has fled Iraq and the more time they spend together, the harder it is for them to combat their feelings for one another.
3) Snakehead
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Sister Tse comes to New York through a Snakehead, a human smuggler, and gains favor with the matriarch of the crime family. While Tse rises the ranks quickly, she must reconcile her success with the real reason she came to America.
4) In America
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Language
English
Description
Told by 11-year-old Christy, a child wise beyond her years. An Irish couple bring their two young daughters to America in search of a better life. Christy and her sister, Ariel find New York's Hell Kitchen a place of magic where anything is possible. To their parents, it represents a place to begin anew. Carried by the girls' youthful hope and faith, the family finds the heart to live and love again.
5) Ask the dust
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry a rich American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California.
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before. Official Selection at the **Seattle International Film Festival** and **CAAMFest**. *"A crowd-friendly immigrant's tale painted with a thick coat of '70s nostalgia." - John DeFore,...
7) Aliyah
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
Alex, 27, lives in a working-class Paris neighborhood and sells drugs for a living, continuously paying off the debts of his brother Isaac (played by French auteur Cedric Kahn), who’s becoming a real burden. When his cousin, who has just returned from completing his military service in Israel, tells him he’s opening a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Alex thinks that joining him might be the life-changing opportunity he was waiting for. But in order to...
8) Brooklyn
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
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