7 Documentaries About Immigrants

7 Documentaries About Immigrants

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2025.04.24

"Nationality is a Western concept. It was an invention of Western European scholars, who ever since have struggled to explain it", Jewish Austrian writer Joseph Roth wrote in 1927. Almost a century later, things make even less sense as we find ourselves in an increasingly turbulent and polarized world with nationalism on the rise pretty much everywhere. Through it all, migration remains a significant issue, and filmmakers have always taken a major role in the conversation. Here are 8 documentaries about the immigrant experience.