Cultural Identity Movies

A cinematic tribute to the spirit of Emirati heritage through the story of a village born from one man's passion.

Living in France, a Rwandan psychotherapist committed to rebuilding her country returns this time to learn to play the inanga, the traditional...

Filmmaker Herbert Alfonso and musician Glenn de Randamie travel to Ghana to do some research on polyrhythm and the West-African spirituality....

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

A personal documentary about a sense of being in-between: belonging, but at the same time experiencing distance. What is it like to long for a home...

Doina, a shepherd’s wife in ancient Romania, turns her daily routine into ritual. When nature foretells his death, her journey through grief...

A sock puppet explores a family history told from the perspective of a mother and father.

The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art with complex geometric patterns called...

Gwoka drums have resonated in Guadeloupe since the arrival of the first enslaved people. Rooted in the island's rural history and long marginalized,...

In the historically most famous ancestral house of the matrilineal Amis tribe in Taiwan, the carved pillars tell legends, such as the great flood,...

Join a young Bermudian Gombey on a breathtaking journey as he encounters his ancestors in a tale that is as gripping as it is mystical. The Gombey is...

Hazel is a romantic comedy that explores the journey of a young woman navigating her personal relationships and discovering the importance of...

Júlia dreams making fado her life, but her father forces her to study law. One day she meets a guitarist and decides to fight for what she...

Marcelo was taken to Paris, where he has lived since he was 12. After the sudden death of his mother in 1992, he returns for the first time to the...

A local fisherwoman navigates her way through a male dominated environment to work in an industry that has been essential to island life for hundreds...

"Una China Poblana" follows a Chinese-Filipino woman, Malaga, living in 1930s Mexico. Due to her race, many aspects of her life encounters hostility....