Tag Archives: immigration

A different kind of immigrant story plays out in a laundromat; immigrants to a heaven reserved for saints tell their origin stories in song and dance.

Tribeca Film Festival's 'La Cocina' is a darkly comic tribute to migrants who seek a place in a world that renders them invisible.

The notion of the common good, the very aim of responsible legislation and sound government, is made obsolete by the fact that the public, such as it had become, no longer has much of anything in common.

What was it about the immigration issue that had so energized the voting public? White supremacy re-emerged in response to Trump's dog whistle.

Looking back to Eric Cantor's surprising re-election loss in 2014 to uncover the root causes of present-day anomalies in the American political landscape.

A terrific film in all respects, Mati Diop’s 'Atlantics' is a hybrid mystery, horror, and magical realism love story that won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

A seemingly settled Iraqi immigrant family meets a young refugee and old wounds open in this fine new drama.

Nelson Mandela's grandson, Ndaba Mandela, is on tour in the U.S. to promote his new book, 'Going to the Mountain: Life Lessons From My Grandfather Nelson Mandela', and Mandela 100 events.

The human rights filmmaker discusses his new feature-length documentary/narrative hybrid.

Setting the stage for a likely fight in Congress next year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions pointed to the report’s figures as showing U.S. citizens were “being victimized by illegal aliens who commit crimes,” especially drug-related offenses.