15 May 2016
Strine Life
A short film / documentary that depicts the daily grind of first-generation immigrants in Australia.
Amerikanuak
A documentary about Basque inmigrants who went to USA looking for work and a better future. Basically, Amerikanuak talks about feeling homesick, about struggling in a different country to make a decent living and about being part of a comunity.
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