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Suketu Mehta offers a powerful, angry, and brilliant defense of immigrant rights in This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto.

Lee balances this richly textured tale of an immigrant family with scenes of poverty, disrespect, and inhumane conditions endured by Koreans in Japan during WWII.

Undocumented Lives masterfully demonstrates a part of the harrowing historical timeline that brought society to today's racist position.

Elaine Castillo's debut is a rich and disturbing banquet of the Filipino immigrant experience in America.

In a competitive sea of superhero films, Logan continues to stand out with its tremendous performances, thematic complexity, remarkably critical take on violence, and deeply stirring pathos.

With the recent release of Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country, Steve Almond talks in-depth about the US president whom most parents wouldn't even let on the playground -- and about his beef with the American left.

This documentary about a Japanese Immigrant in America during and after WWII dances with history, memory, and friendship.

This ambitious and empathic debut explores complications and consequences between sisters, cultures, and mental illness.

Lauren Markham's The Far Away Brothers puts forth the story of two young lives caught up in the pressing need to immigrate.

Rarely do immigration dramas deal with the trouble of re-assimilating back to one's homeland.

Thematically and visually cohesive, Code Unknown displays Michael Haneke's talent as a filmmaker without alienating viewers hesitant to explore his darker films.

Paul Scheffer takes an unemotional look at a present day issue with lots of historical precedents, reminding us that we are not tasked to reinvent the wheel.

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