American Dream Movies

Why don't we do something to ease the suffering of the poor, the excluded? Because we live in fear of "the other," the stranger. Filmed a few months...

The Apple Pushers, narrated by Edward Norton, follows the inspiring stories of five immigrant pushcart vendors who are rolling fresh fruits and...

Far from Earth, tensions escalate between a feuding astronaut couple (Gnosis and ZanFagna). A video transmission from John Cameron Mitchell pushes...

Iconic imageries and moments of strange magic in California.

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the...

After being captured by a self-proclaimed border guard, a Mexican boy tries to cook his way to freedom.

All Denny wants to do is get by like everybody else, but there always seems to be something in the way.

High school girls Emma and Alice face a life-changing event after they leave their Sacramento home to pursue their dreams in Los Angeles.

In order to pass a history class and save his student visa, Caleb Shatar must earn extra credit by starring in his eccentric history...

Disputed with his father, Jay does everything he can to adapt himself to the city life as an immigrant.

Aurora is a young Colombian who, forced by circumstances, decides to emigrate to New York in search of a better future for herself and her family,...

This short experimental film follows two energetic college students over a day around various locations in three boroughs of New York City.