A Boat Carrying 500 Refugees Sunk at Sea
A TED Talk, featuring Melissa Fleming, telling the story of an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees that sinks and how... Read More
A Personal Plea for Humanity at the US-Mexico Border
A powerful & personal TED talk, featuring author and academic Juan Enriquez who shares stories from inside the immigration crisis at the... Read More
Dalya’s Other Country
A feature length documentary that tells the story of members of a family displaced by the Syrian conflict who are remaking themselves... Read More
Don’t Feel Sorry for Refugees — Believe in Them
A TED Talk, featuring Luma Mufleh, a Jordanian immigrant and Muslim of Syrian descent, who founded the first accredited school for refugees... Read More
Dying to Live
Explores why migrants leave their homes and what they face in their journey. Read more.
Freedom Stories
A documentary that brings together a collection of personal stories from former asylum seekers in Australia at a time of great political... Read More
From Damascus to Chicago
A short documentary from POV Films about two young Syrian siblings recently resettled in Chicago who enroll in a dance class as... Read More
Frontex: Why is the European Union Funding Human Rights Abuses?
A documentary from Fair Trials that examines fundamental rights abuses by the EU’s border agency, including their involvement in illegal pushbacks in... Read More
God Grew Tired of Us
National Geographic documentary on the civil war in Sudan and plight of thousands of the “Lost Boy” refugees. Read more.
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... Read More
Helping Others Makes Us Happier, But It Matters How We Do It
A TED Talk from Canada featuring social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn who discusses her research that shows that helping others makes us happier.... Read More
Home is a Human Right: A Series on Immigration
A resource from Brave New Films that looks at one of the consequences of the current surge of anti-immigrant rhetoric: as more... Read More
Human Flow
A documentary filmed in 23 countries that chronicles the journeys of individuals and families in various countries as they experience displacement on... Read More
Immigrant Voices Make Democracy Stronger
A 13 minute TED Talk featuring Sayu Bhojwani, who shares her story of becoming an American citizen — revealing how her love... Read More
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... Read More
Kawergosk: Home Made of Cloth
An account of perseverance of Iraqi refugees attempting to build a life in the Kawergosk Refugee Camp. Watch the trailer.
Let’s Help Refugees Thrive, Not Just Survive
A TED Talk, featuring Melissa Fleming, tells the stories of a few of the millions of refugees — their care, growth and... Read More
Lives for Sale
Shows why immigrants are willing to risk everything — even virtual slavery — for the American Dream. Read more.
Oh Mercy: Searching for Hope in the Promised Land
The first of three films in Running To Stand Still, a series of documentaries about the global refugee crisis, and its inextricable... Read More
One Border, One Body: Immigration & the Eucharist
Tells the story of an annual liturgy celebrated at the US-Mexico border, with a sixteen-foot iron fence that divides this community in... Read More
Paper Children
A documentary that explores America’s invisible refugee crisis through the eyes of one Miami family who navigates a broken system with unwavering... Read More
Refugee Vetting 101
A short video from NPR featuring Deb Amos, that describes the exhaustive process refugees go through before being allowed to enter the... Read More
Safe Haven: The Sanctuary Movement
This 13 minute documentary from the New York Times Retro Report, explores the roots of the interfaith movement in the 1980’s to... Read More
Sanctuary Movement
A 10 minute documentary from PBS, that reports on the current sanctuary movement from Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona where it... Read More
Seeking Safety at the United States-Mexico Border
A 4-part series of short animated videos from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, narrated by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller... Read More
The Fundamental Right to Seek Asylum
A TED talk, featuring Melanie Nezer, a refugee and immigrants rights attorney, who shares a historical perspective on the crisis at the... Read More
The Global Refugee Crisis
Makes the case that the US should be doing more to take responsibility of the humanitarian crisis. Read more.
The Invisible Chapel
Tells the story of a community of faith and an improvised outdoor chapel set up in a canyon in San Diego County,... Read More
The Matthew 25 Pledge
A short video from Sojourners, that paraphrases the words of Jesus and applies them to current events. Watch now.
The Refugee Crisis is a Test of Our Character
A TED Talk featuring David Miliban, who says the the refugee crisis is a test of who everyone is and what he or... Read More
This is Home: A Refugee Story
A documentary that focuses on four Syrian families struggling to find their way in America. Watch the trailer.
Two Nameless Bodies Washed Up on the Beach. Here Are Their Stories
A TED talk, featuring journalist Anders Fjellberg and photographer Tomm Christiansen who started a search for answers when two bodies wearing identical... Read More
What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen of the World?
A TED Talk with Hugh Evans discussing a movement that mobilizes “global citizens,” people who self-identify first and foremost not as members... Read More
What Does It Mean to Be a Refugee?
A short animation from TED Ed, that explains why and how people become refugees, the difference between refugees, migrants and those seeking... Read More
White Helmets
The British short documentary film that won the Academy Award in 2017, follows the daily operations of a group of volunteer rescue... Read More
Why the Only Future Worth Building Includes Everyone
A TED Talk, featuring Pope Francis, who offers a message to people of all faiths — to those who have power as... Read More