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Selected Films
Unsettled : seeking refuge in America (streaming, Alexander Street)
Unsettled is a feature documentary that traces the untold stories of LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers who have fled intense persecution in Africa and the Middle East and are trying to resettle in the United States.
We'll meet again. Season 2, Episode 5, Escape from Cuba (streaming, Academic Video Online)
Join Ann Curry for emotional reunions between two Cuban refugees and the U.S. strangers that offered them a chance of a better future decades ago: the man searching for the Mexican-American family that gave him a home as a young boy after Castro's regime executed his father and a Californian fire chief looking for the shrimping boat skipper who brought him to safety.
PBS NewsHour. What asylum-seekers meet when they try to cross legally (streaming, Academic Video Online)
U.S. officials have maintained that potential asylum-seekers entering at legal border crossings will not be prosecuted and will be processed in turn. But the process isn't always that easy. In a cross-border report from Juarez and El Paso, Amna Nawaz follows a grandmother and granddaughter who are fleeing cartel violence.
Saigon, USA (streaming, Academic Video Online)
Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees have nurtured a community known as Little Saigon in Orange County, California. Little Saigon burst onto the national stage in 1999 when a Vietnamese American hung a flag of Communist Vietnam and a poster of Ho Chi Minh in his video store. The display triggered 52 days of protests by Vietnamese Americans struggling to reconcile the demons of their past with their present life in America.
Frontline. Separated : children at the border (streaming, Academic Video Online)
The inside story of what happened to immigrant children separated from their parents at the border. The film explores the impact of the Trump's 'zero tolerance' policy, and how both Trump and Obama dealt with minors at the border.
Forced From Home Videos (Doctors Without Borders)
What is Forced From Home? (Doctors Without Borders)
Forced From Home is a one-hour guided tour through an interactive exhibition designed to educate the public about the global refugee crisis. With experienced Doctors Without Borders aid workers leading the tour, visitors can engage with stories and materials gathered from refugee camps, sea rescue missions, and emergency medical projects around the world. This immersive tour will bring visitors closer to the real experiences of people displaced by violence and extreme hardship worldwide.
Forced From Home Virtual Reality Documentaries (Doctors Without Borders)
Forced From Home uses 360-degree videos and virtual reality (VR) documentaries to deepen visitors‘ understanding of the global refugee crisis. These immersive videos detail the stories of displaced people forced to flee their homes and communities around the world.
