Between: Living in the Hyphen (2005)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 44M
Director : Anne Marie Nakagawa
Sinopsis
Anne Marie Nakagawa's documentary examines what it means to have a background of mixed ancestries that cannot be easily categorized. By focusing on 7 Canadians who have one parent from a European background and one of a visible minority, she attempts to get at the root of what it means to be multi-ethnic in a world that wants each person to fit into a single category.
Ibo es un joven turco de segunda generación en Hamburgo, imaginativo y gran admirador de Bruce Lee, cuyo sueño es ser el primer director de una película de Kung Fu en Alemania y que debe conformarse con rodar un spot para el restaurante de kebab de su tío, que le convierte en una celebridad en el barrio. Sin embargo, su vida dará un giro radical cuando su novia alemana, Titzi, le comunica que está embarazada. Sus padres le echan de casa porque la madre de su futuro nieto no es turca y, además, Ibo tiene pánico a ser padre y tener que cambiar pañales, así que Titzi le deja. Sólo le quedan sus colegas y los spots, pero tampoco en estos asuntos las cosas marchan excesivamente bien...
Su madre es una italiana urbanita, y su padre es un mexicano que adora la selva y el mar. Durante las vacaciones, el pequeño Nathan viaja con su padre a México por unos días. Ambos se embarcan destino Banco Chinchorro, uno de los arrecifes de coral más grandes del mundo. En este entorno idílico, se crea una relación de complicidad entre padre e hijo...
Souléymane Solo es un taxista senegalés de 34 años. Un día es contratado por William, un setentañero estoico: en dos semanas, tiene que llevarle a Blowing Rock, el pico de una montaña rocosa. Pero Solo decide hacerse amigo de este viejo testarudo e intentar hacerle cambiar de planes antes de que llegue el día. A pesar de todo, Solo tiene que llevar finalmente a William a la cumbre de la montaña. Allí, donde el viento es suficientemente fuerte como para empujar a un hombre al cielo, el drama alcanza su clímax.
Shirley is the youngest of eight children from a mixed race marriage. By the time she is a toddler the family have moved to the all white area of Splott and by the time she is 12 Shirley has discovered she has an extraordinary voice and can earn money singing in pubs around the docks after her father if jailed for sexual crimes. As a young teenager she begins singing and dancing in 'coloured review shows'. But it is a chance meeting with struggling agent Mike Sullivan that changes her life forever. He promises to make her a star, but has no idea of the personal sacrifice that will mean for the teenaged Shirley.
Here and Elsewhere takes its name from the contrasting footage it shows of the fedayeen and of a French family watching television at home. Originally shot by the Dziga Vertov Group as a film on Palestinian freedom fighters, Godard later reworked the material alongside Anne-Marie Miéville.
Alex, una ortodoxo griego, se enamora de una abogada libanesa llamada Eve. La relación está prohibida por ambas familias, y así se crea el dilema emocional de "Alex y Eva".
Un policía musulmán se infiltra en la mezquita de su padre mientras su hija oculta su pasión por un baile prohibido, descubriendo un estremecedor secreto familiar.
25-year-old Karri is stuck with his life: days at a job as a guard at a shopping mall, nights out with his friends. Then Karri meets Caasha, a Somali girl about his age.
Un grupo de once personas de la comunidad LGTBI de Vancouver, tienen como tarea la de facilitar la inserción en Canadá de Drake, un solicitante de asilo gay de Uganda. Se embarcan juntos durante un año en búsqueda de emancipación personal. La repentina pandemia y las diferencias de opiniones en cuanto a sus mejores intereses ponen a prueba los límites de su compromiso y ponen en peligro su nuevo comienzo en Canadá.
Multicultural version of the Shakespearean tale Twelth Night, Made in modern day society featuring Anglo-Indian cast.
Transfinite is a dark comedy omnibus feature film composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.
Un viaje a las complejidades de la raza mixta japonesa y sus experiencias multiculturales en Japón. Para algunos hafus, Japón es el único hogar que conocen, para otros la vida en Japón es una experiencia totalmente nueva, y esos otros son capturados en algún lugar entre dos mundos diferentes.
An exploration of immigration in Britain over the half century since Conservative MP Enoch Powell made his controversial speech. Issues surrounding race, religion, integration and multiculturalism are examined.
Max learns about immigration and the meaning of home from his friend Srijoni, who shares her story of moving to Canada from Bangladesh when she was young.
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who hasn't given him an answer. While trying to get his parents back together, Ray meets a South Asian girl of mixed descent, just like him, and must decide where his identity truly lies.
A high-rise apartment built in the 1960s provides housing for 2500 people from 42 nations. Separated from the city by a river and bounded by towering sandstone cliffs, everyone attempts to live and survive in their own way. Foreigners who have a go at being Swiss, and Swiss who observe with scepticism. They meet in the corner shop run by an Iraqi living in exile, send their kids to a children’s club managed by a missionary, and old drinking mates meet regularly over a beer in the neighbourhood’s only bar. Despite all the differences, they are rather proud of the fact that they come from here.
Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and Nationality Act beginning in 1965, this program introduces a dramatic vision of a multi-cultural America where people of color are the new majority. The feelings and stories of ordinary people are featured in everyday context in six cities across the county. Interviews with residents of Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami and several other places probe the changing relationships between newcomers and established residents.
Chef Huang is on a quest and embarks on a journey to discover the best nasi lemak recipe. He finds himself in the ultimate kitchen battle against his competitors Gong Xining and Lan Ciao but inadvertently goes 600 years back in time to the days of the Melaka Sultanate.
A Singaporean-made comedy about a group of 18 year old boys who are beginning the mandatory two-year military service in the Singapore army. Despite their different racial and family backgrounds, they discover many similarities and forge a friendship which would help ease their transition to the tough army routine.
Bajo la administración del presidente republicano Donald Trump, Estados Unidos de América es un país profundamente dividido: un lado alimenta el populismo y la rectitud religiosa en un paisaje monocromático, pintado de blanco, lamentando un pasado que nunca volverá; el otro lado alimenta la diversidad y el multiculturalismo, una visión sesgada de un futuro progresista, bastante improbable. Ambas partes se enfrentan constantemente, sin escucharse mutuamente. Solo unas pocas personas razonables se reúnen para cambiar esta situación potencialmente peligrosa.