Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.
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In 1892, Ellis Island, in New York Bay, became the main gateway to the United States for immigrants arriving increasingly from Europe. The story of immigration to the United States from 1892 to 1954, an enthralling polyphonic narrative that embraces both small and great history.
The Greek guest workers -gästarbeiter- in the industrially developed central and northern Europe in the mid 70s.
Greek internal migrants in Athens, after the Greek Civil War colonize the tops of the Tourkovounia hills.
Co-directed by acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras and subject Thavisouk Phrasavath, this haunting documentary chronicles a refugee family’s epic journey from Laos in the aftermath of the secret war waged by the United States there to New York, where they find themselves fighting a different kind of war on the streets of Brooklyn. Filmed over the course of 23 years, THE BETRAYAL is a visually and emotionally stunning look at the complex ways in which the political shapes the personal.
Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.
Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.
The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.
Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.
Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.
Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.
An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.
A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.
This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.
A long time ago, Ana Laura, Gustavo, and Jesús crossed the border in search of a better opportunity. They worked hard, built a family, and made a life in the United States. Day by day, years after their arbitrary deportations to Mexico, they deal with the grief of being separated from their families. As time goes by, the shattered existence of everyone is slowly and inevitably rebuilt, far away and apart from each other.
The documentary follows the life of Farroukh, a young Tajik immigrant who lives in Moscow outskirts with his family and does odd jobs in dreams of becoming an actor.
Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst. They are accompanied by police officers and immigration officials. The passengers are flown to their native countries, where they haven't set foot in in up to twenty years, and where their lives might be in danger. Children, wives and work are left behind in Switzerland. Near Geneva, in Frambois prison, live 25 illegal immigrants waiting for deportation. They are offered an opportunity to say goodbye to their families and return to their native countries on a regular flight, escorted by plain-clothes police officers. If they refuse this offer, the special flight is arranged fast and unexpectedly. The stories behind the locked cells are truly heartbreaking.
A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.
A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, focusing on fishing, livestock and crop farming. A must-see for anyone interested in the true cost of the food on their plate.
