05 Oct 1990
Avalon
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Kāinga
Eight Pan-Asian female filmmakers’ powerful anthology film illuminates the immigrant experience in Aotearoa New Zealand through the lives of eight Asian women connected by the house they call home.
Top Billed Cast
Mya Williamson Aho
Izumi Sugihara Mikasa
Patricia Senocbit Candy
Eliana Hwang Soo Young
Sneha Shetty Parvati
Masoumeh Hesam Mahmoudinezhad Parisa
Dharshi Ponnampalam Vena
Katlyn Wong Eva
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