Cultural Identity Movies

Greek Sarakatsani community members, a former group of nomadic animal breeders, share personal experiences and discuss the concept of identity in...

The kookor is a type of leather flask which has been used by Kyrgyz people for centuries. In this parable, an old kookor finds itself confronted with...

The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art with complex geometric patterns called...

Tom Tamar Pauer's family is both Israeli and German, Jewish and Christian. When she moves to Israel with her German children after 16 years in...

An experimental film that reflects on the past, encourages audiences to live in the present and look into the future with optimism.

In Cathedrals, filmmaker Dan Algrant embarks on a journey to reconnect with two black collaborators from a film made nearly 50 years ago. Cathedrals...

Hazel is a romantic comedy that explores the journey of a young woman navigating her personal relationships and discovering the importance of...

On a college backpacking trip, a Chinese girl grapples with questions of identity after she finds herself at a crossroads between her Chinese...

A Chinese Canadian son sets out to make a film on his mother, who was once known as the first ever Chinese Opera Singer to have performed Pingju...

When Yim arrives to LA, the culture he experiences collides with him after the events of his bike being stolen unfold.

A Chinese teenage girl is insecure about her nose. This story revisits her parents in 90's Hong Kong, young and in love.

In the historically most famous ancestral house of the matrilineal Amis tribe in Taiwan, the carved pillars tell legends, such as the great flood,...

A cinematic tribute to the spirit of Emirati heritage through the story of a village born from one man's passion.

YURUMEIN (Homeland) is a documentary film which recounts the painful past of the Caribs on the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean, their...

People from different ethnic backgrounds with "difficult" names by Western standards share their experience with moving through the world with an...

The short film tells a slice-of-life story set in a family-run Chinese bakery, exploring parenting philosophies and the pressures faced by the...