Immigration Films

Crossing Over

About immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles, looking at the border, document fraud, the asylum and...
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Destination America

A PBS series that looks at the forces that have compelled people to immigrate to America — economic opportunity, religious freedom, artistic...
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Dreams Die Hard

Profiles people trapped in slavery across the United States and highlights the survivors’ passion for freedom and justice, not just for themselves,...
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Dying to Live

Drawing on the insights of Pulitzer Prize winning photographers, theologians, Church and congressional leaders, activists, musicians and the immigrants themselves, exposes the...
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El Deportado

A short documentary from Creighton University on the causes of immigration and the effects of US policies on the southern border.  Watch...
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Gospel Without Borders

A documentary from Ethics Daily, that separates myth from fact, examines what the Bible says about treatment of the “stranger,” shows the...
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How Democracy Works Now

A documentary consisting of twelve discrete films about several dozen people in all kinds of places, each connected by a commitment to...
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Immigrant Prison Series

A resource from Brave New Films that looks at the 440,000 immigrants imprisoned each year throughout the U.S. in 200 facilities owned...
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Immigration Battle

A feature film from Frontline and Independent Lens, takes viewers behind closed doors in Washington’s corridors of power to explore the political...
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Immigration Nation

A documentary series from Netflix that looks inside the world of immigration enforcement by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Watch...
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In the Shadow of the Raid

Tells the story of what happened when Immigration agents stormed a kosher meat plant in the heartland of America, arresting nearly 400...
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Indivisible

A documentary from Sojourners that is part of the Onward series on immigration. Features the story of Renata, Evelyn, and Antonio who were...
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Living Undocumented

A series from Netflix, that features the stories of eight undocumented families as the United States’ immigration policies are transformed. Watch the...
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Los Hermanos/The Brothers

A PBS documentary about two virtuoso Cuban-born brothers living on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half century wide. Tracking their...
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Out of Many, One

A documentary from Netflix, that depicts some of the many threads that continue to weave the tapestry of America through the lens...
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Sanctuary Movement

A 10 minute documentary from PBS, that reports on the current sanctuary movement from Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona where it...
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The 800 Mile Wall

Highlights the construction of the new border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border as well as the effect on migrants trying to cross...
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The River and the Wall

Follows five friends on a 1,200 mile journey along the US-Mexico border from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico.  Riding horses,...
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Zero Tolerance

A PBS Frontline documentary that shows how immigration became a powerful political weapon that fueled division and violence. Based on dozens of...
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