In Focus: Thought-Provoking Films on Immigration

In Focus: Thought-Provoking Films on Immigration

Through powerful storytelling, the Pragda collection of films on Immigration encourages critical discussions about identity, displacement, and belonging. These titles offer a firsthand perspective on the challenges, resilience, and hopes of those seeking new beginnings and highlight the broader social and political forces shaping immigration experiences.

Explore the Immigration and Exile Collection?and the Latinx Visions Collection with a subscription to?Pragda STREAM.

You can also organize screenings on campus with our PPR Licenses, book a Screen+Talk with our filmmakers, or create a special collection in your library with Digital Site Licenses (DSL). Contact us?to discuss the options.



WHAT REMAINS ON THE WAY / JACOB KRESE, DANILO DO CARMO / BRAZIL, GERMANY / 94 MIN

A critical exploration of forced migration through the lens of Lilian, a Guatemalan single mother, and her four children as they traverse a perilous 3,000-mile journey to the Mexico-US border.

HOME IS SOMEWHERE ELSE / CARLOS HAGERMAN, JORGE VILLALOBOS / MEXICO, U.S. / 87 MIN

An award-winning, animated documentary that brings to life the real-life experiences of three young Mexican protagonists grappling with the fear of deportation and family separation in the U.S.

RETURNED / MEREDITH HOFFMAN, SARAH KUCK / UNITED STATES / 17 MIN

As three families are deported from the U.S. to Honduras, the film explores the experience of being returned to a familiar, yet increasingly unsafe situation due to the street’s gang control.

LAKE LOS ANGELES / MIKE OTT / UNITED STATES / 65 MIN

A heartfelt tale of a Cuban exile living in Southern California who grapples with his own immigrant experience as he meets a young Mexican girl who has crossed the border without her family.

THE WALL / VARIOUS FILMMAKERS / UNITED STATES / 2019

A firsthand look at the realities of the Hispanic population in the U.S. and the undocumented immigration crisis—the U.S.-Mexico border wall, family separation, deportation, and DACA.

FORBIDDEN / TIFFANY RHYNARD / UNITED STATES / 82 min

A look into the life of Moises Serrano, who grew up queer and undocumented in North Carolina, and his crusade to?highlight the need for advocacy and awareness surrounding immigration reform and LGBTQ rights.

LOS LOBOS / SAMUEL KISHI LEOPO / MEXICO / 95 MIN

After crossing the Mexico-U.S. border in search of a better life, Lucía’s children build an imaginary universe and fantasize about mom’s promise of “Disneyland”, their land of dreams.

BAD HOMBRES / STEF BIEMANS / NETHERLANDS / 54 MIN

Journalist Stef Biemans travels between Guatemala and the U.S. to explore the most heavily used migration route on Earth and see what the so-called ‘bad hombres’ hope to find in the U.S.

Stories from the Border

? Art21 Borderlands

? Inner Borderlines

? 100 Ways to Cross the Border

? La Frontera with Pati Jinich

Refreshing Takes on the Immigrant Tale

? Dreams of Chonta

? The Journey of Monalisa

? Manuela

? Nobody’s Watching

PBS Collection?on the Latino Experience?

? Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore?

? The Graduates

? Latino Americans

Latin Contributions to the U.S.?

? Roberto Clemente?

? The Roots of Latin Jazz

? Kobra: Self-Portrait


Explore the Immigration and Exile Collection?and the Latinx Visions Collection with a subscription to?Pragda STREAM.

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