American Dream Movies

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

In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. This documentary follows three immigrant families who are rising up to...

November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a deep dive into the heart of Arizona, meeting the...

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

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

It’s been widely reported that Detroit is making a comeback, but long-term residents of Detroit’s mostly black neighborhoods aren’t...

NYC, 1940. Chilean boxer Arturo Godoy and driven dancer Leda Urbinati arrive in the city chasing the American Dream. But when an immigrant...

A celebrity petroleum engineer discovers a rundown property in Park City.

It’s 3 AM, the neon is buzzing, and nobody's where they thought they’d be. In the restless late hours of Miami, nine characters stumble...

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

The internationally acclaimed director and recipient of the Erasmus Award in 2007, Péter Forgács created a documentary exploring the...

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

Cuban drummer Elvis García reflects on his journey from Havana to Miami, struggling to make his way in the American city as a professional...

What chance does a young hustler from Anchorage, Alaska have after a long prison sentence that feeds him back to the same violent street life?

Twenty-Five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of eco-pioneers, teenage runaways, war veterans and...

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...