IMMIGRATION FILMS
Compiled 6/17/04
Feature Films
Coming to America (Eddie Murphy)
Bread and Roses (Justice for LA janitors)
Hester Street
Charlie Chaplain “The Immigrant”
Lone Star
Dirty Pretty Things
Angela’s Ashes
In America
Joy Luck Club
The Godfather II (!)
An American Tale (Fivel the mouse)
Greencard
Far and Away (Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise)
Bread and Chocolate (Italian guestworker in Sweden)
Chasing Freedom (asylum/Court TV)
Salt of the Earth (Mexican Americans)
El Norte
A Day Without Mexicans
Rabbit Proof Fence
Middlesex
White Teeth
American Me
Movies having to do with acculturation
Strictly Ballroom
Eat a Bowl of Tea
Big Fat Greek Wedding
Bend it like Beckham
Real Women Have Curves
Gangs of New York
Wedding Banquet
Picture Bride
Come See the Paradise
Snow Falling on Cedars
An American in Paris
Flower Drum Song
Documentaries
Separate Lives, Broken Dreams (Effect of Chinese Ex. Act on families)
My American Girls (Acculturation)
Well-Founded Fear (Asylum)
Farmingville—A POV special.The shocking hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers catapult a small Long Island town into national headlines, unmasking a new front line in the border wars: suburbia. For nearly a year, Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini lived and worked in Farmingville, New York, so they could capture first-hand the stories of residents, day laborers and activists on all sides of the debate. This timely and powerful film is more than a story about illegal immigration. Ultimately it challenges viewers to ask what the 'American dream' really means. An Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) co-presentation. An Active Voice selection. A 2004 Election Issue Special.
El Super (Cuban immigrants’ supermarket in NY)
Jacob Riis “How the Other half lives”
New Americans
Occupation 2002, Directed by: Maple Razsa Pacho Velez. 44 min. EnMasse
Films, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Synopsis: A dynamic story of how students and immigrant janitors took
on-and defeated-one of the most powerful corporations in the world,
Occupation documents the historic three-week sit-in by the Harvard
Living Wage Campaign. The Campaign won unprecedented gains for low-wage
workers at the world's richest university, and catapulted the living
wage movement to the center of public attention. Narrated by Ben
Affleck. (with many our favorite USAS organizers on the film!)
"Behind the Labels: Garment Workers on U.S. Saipan" 2001, produced by:
Tia Lessin. 45 min. Witness, New York, NY.
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Synopsis: This documentary takes the story from the factory floor to the
streets, where protesters worldwide wage an ongoing battle against
globalization. It includes powerful hidden camera footage, along with
the garment workers' personal stories, offers a rare and unforgettable
glimpse into indentured labor and the workings of the global
sweatshop-where 14 hour shifts, payless paydays and lock-downs are
routine.