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Would the Tibetan diaspora move back to Tibet if a "Free Tibet" was actually realized? "Jigme", a young hustler in Queens, starts a moving business in anticipation of Tibetan Americans moving back to a free Tibet.

A foreign girl who left everything behind and moved from Greece, Europe to New York by herself, trying to pursue her dream as an Actress and get a better life. On the way, she sees all the struggle.

Drag Queen BeBe Zahara Benet debuts as stand up with an account of her emigration from West Africa to the United States. Through a series of hysterical sketches, interactions with the audience and biting comments she will give a show where you won't stop laughing.

Ten months after Supin moved to the United States with her husband Qinyi, her favorite student Mia from the Chinese piano shop she works at is about to leave the States to return home. As Supin feels more and more cornered by her new life in the States, the news of Mia's upcoming departure leaves a ripple in Supin's still heart.

Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.

Italian-American men share their family photos and videos as they tell their stories of being raised by Italian born mothers, grandmothers and aunts. Additional segments address Italian culture and history.

In search of a better life, Canada was the option for young Kulwant and his family. From Punjab India to Toronto, Kulwant left behind open fields, a father figure and a simple life.

The lives and struggles of some of the countless immigrants who arrived on Ellis Island during the 19th century in search of the American Dream.

Three brothers went from a small village in Bosnia, to live in Sweden. The first fled to Sweden, escaping from the police in Yugoslavia, after which the other two brothers left after him. Petar gambled and played lottery all of his life, hoping to earn enough money to return to his homeland. When he finally wins the lottery, he buys a house by the sea, which he lost due to the war. Because of this he decides to take his own life, and this causes a gathering of his closest relatives.

In 1890 Wyoming, James Averill is the Sheriff of Johnson County, which is largely inhabited by foreign immigrants. The wealthy cattle owners view the immigrant farmers as a nuisance and hindrance to them enlarging their own land. The cattlemen's association, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, effectively declares war on the immigrant farmers and gets the state government's blessing. They assemble an army of guns-for-hire and, backed by the U.S. Cavalry, set out to rid the state of the immigrants. James Averill's heart is with the immigrants, but he doesn't think they have a chance of winning the inevitable war.

Leonel grows up in the United States, believing that Roberto is his biological father, and although he is unsure of his origins, and doesn't speak Spanish, he constantly has nightmares involving the border with Mexico, and a woman he cannot remember. But he continues on and doesn't ask himself many questions. His life is good, he has an excellent relationship with his parents, a beautiful girlfriend, lots of friends and a more than promising future as a boxer. What he doesn't know is that all this is about to be radically changed by a betrayal. On the day of a very important fight, he gets arrested and deported to Matamoros as an undocumented visitor, never given the chance to prove that he's actually an American citizen. Fate will take him to an eclectic neighborhood in Mexico City where he will have to confront his beliefs, survive, rediscover his origins, unravel mysteries, break prejudices, learn a new language, adapt to Mexican culture, make new friends and find true love, without neglecting his boxing dream and the urge to return to what he considers his country.

In 1915, A Syrian immigrant grapples with race-based naturalization and fights to the Supreme Court to attain citizenship. Meanwhile, a modern day family is observed.

On the verge of abandoning her dreams, an ambitious actress must find the strength to navigate the film industry, romance and find solace in her imperfect immigrant family.