assimilation movies

The Mission (1986)
7.398 / 10

Adventure, Drama, Action, History

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter...

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
6.5 / 10

Western, Drama, History, TV Movie

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles...

Gaia (2021)
5.947 / 10

Horror, Fantasy, Drama

In the depths of an ancient forest, something has been growing. Something older than humanity itself, and perhaps greater too. When a park ranger...

Indian Horse (2018)
7 / 10

Drama

Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey...

Krotoa (2017)
5.9 / 10

Drama, Romance

Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle’s trading partner and the...

The Devil is a Sissy (1936)
6.9 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Ocean of Pearls (2008)
4.9 / 10

Drama

As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of...

Metropole (2017)
0 / 10

Having arrived in Paris in 1985, Hector did everything to be like “them”. In a notebook he finds in his flat, he crosses out a list of things he...

The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West (1916)
5.4 / 10

Drama

The Curse of Quon Gwon is the oldest known Chinese-American film and one of the earliest American silent features made by a woman. Only two reels of...

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)
8 / 10

Documentary

An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay...

Former POC (2022)
9 / 10

A mockumentary following a Brown man who no longer identifies as a person of colour.

No Longer Vanishing (1955)
0 / 10

Documentary

Say My Name (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary

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

Being There (2017)
0 / 10

Drama

Escaping war, a Syrian writer seeks asylum in Germany with his family. On the escape route he lost his wife so that only he and his daughter are...

Tiger (2017)
0 / 10

Animation, Documentary

“I want to be a tiger. I am an atheist from Iraq and I am seeking asylum. About my hallucinations… It’s difficult. Horrible monsters. I hope I...

Kindergarten (2020)
0 / 10

Documentary

A childhood story is narrated while home movie footage is displayed. The narrator recounts her assimilation experience: moving to America, learning...

Bounty (2017)
8 / 10

Documentary