Movies: Emigration

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Popular in the riverside area of Porto, Micas raised her daughter, Madalena, at the cost of sacrifice, as her father emigrated to Brazil. With a happy voice, Madalena works on unloading the coal, seeing her loves thwarted by her humble condition. Ba...

I followed the everyday lives of Ali, Kais, Ertan and Alban with my camera for over two years. The time was characterized by disappointments, conflicts and also great successes. It all began with a visit to the "Klingelpütz" youth center in the middl...

Documentary about emigration between the Canary Islands and Cuba during the late 19th century and early 20th century....

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The film is a travelogue of sorts. Ostrovsky’s personal family footage meets the archives of Soviet propaganda footage. The result is a kind of Khruschev-era mix with a collage of Soviet music and a voice-over of my reminiscences of the Cold War era....

A wanted thief buries his wife and takes his disabled son to an orphanage. He wants to escape the law in another country, but he can't run from his own past....

An elderly Jewish woman, who was a teenager during the outset of the Holocaust and was forced to choose between her own life and her younger brother's, still lives with the guilt until she finally shares her nightmare experience with her own adult da...

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Overlooking the sea, two young men contemplate what is beyond the horizon as their friends and family leave for the allure of a new life....

Mistakenly landed in Corsica, Mehret, a young woman in exile, is forced to cross the island to to reach Italy. Survival and walking are her only concerns, the East coast her destination....

The day before they go their separate ways, three friends get together for one last all-nighter in the city that saw them grow....

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Adnan, a 16-year-old Syrian who has lived in France with his family for two years, is trying to come to term with his mysterious past....