Movies: Forced migration

  • 1991
    Mississippi Masala

    Mississippi Masala (1991)

    Mississippi Masala

    6.31991HD

    Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius...

    Mississippi Masala
  • 2022
    Thrown into Canada

    Thrown into Canada (2022)

    Thrown into Canada

    02022HD

    This documentary explores the history of Canada’s first major migration of non-European and non-white refugees who arrived in 1972 when Ugandan President Idi Amin expelled all South Asians from the country. Their story of struggle and hope became par...

    Thrown into Canada
  • 2016
    Ta'ang

    Ta'ang (2016)

    Ta'ang

    5.62016HD

    The Ta'ang or Palaung people, an ethnic minority living in the mountainous area between Myanmar's Kokang region and China's Yunnan province, have historically suffered many forced migrations due to war. When their survival is threatened again in 2015...

    Ta'ang
  • 2021
    Qazi

    Qazi (2021)

    Qazi

    102021HD

    Qazi is the story of a young Pakistani refugee who is forced by economic and family circumstances to seek his fortune in Europe....

    Qazi
  • 2012
    Exiled: The Ugandan Asian Story

    Exiled: The Ugandan Asian Story (2012)

    Exiled: The Ugandan Asian Story

    02012HD

    The 40th anniversary of Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians in 1972 coincides with the festival of Dussehra in which Hindus celebrate the victory of good over evil. Victims of this forced migration to Great Britain relive the shock and dangers of ...

    Exiled: The Ugandan Asian Story