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Tag: immigration

Houses I Lived in

Film
By Goran Stolevski | March 9, 2023
By Goran Stolevski | March 9, 2023

Houses I Lived in

Goran Stolevski on how making his new film, Of An Age, reconnected him to his past, growing up as an immigrant teenager in Melbourne.

Nadine Khouri and Mélissa Laveaux on the Peculiar Magic of Lhasa de Sela

Music
By Nadine Khouri | January 25, 2023
By Nadine Khouri | January 25, 2023

Nadine Khouri and Mélissa Laveaux on the Peculiar Magic of Lhasa de Sela

The artists talk their shared influence, and much more.

Sessa and Juan Wauters on Immigrating to NYC, Finding Their Musical Voices, and More

Music
By Juan Wauters | October 18, 2022
By Juan Wauters | October 18, 2022

Sessa and Juan Wauters on Immigrating to NYC, Finding Their Musical Voices, and More

The friends catch up.

Juan Wauters is Rediscovering His Hometowns

Music
By Juan Wauters | May 10, 2021
By Juan Wauters | May 10, 2021

Juan Wauters is Rediscovering His Hometowns

The guitarist moved from Montevideo, Uruguay to Queens as a teenager in 2002. In 2020, he moved back.

Finding Home

Film
By Karla Murthy | March 29, 2021
By Karla Murthy | March 29, 2021

Finding Home

First-time documentarian Karla Murthy, whose film The Place That Makes Us airs tomorrow on WORLD Channel, ponders what home means to her.

Introducing: Groupie’s “Daleko”

Music
By Groupie | August 7, 2020
By Groupie | August 7, 2020

Introducing: Groupie’s “Daleko”

A track premiere, plus some words from bassist Ashley Kossakowski on co-writing the song with her mother.

Don’t Let Anything Get in Your Way

Film
By Matt Eskandari | June 17, 2020
By Matt Eskandari | June 17, 2020

Don’t Let Anything Get in Your Way

Growing up as an Iranian immigrant, Matt Eskandari was expected to become a doctor or a lawyer, but that’s not where his true passion lay.

Pushing the Boulder Uphill

Film
By Sonejuhi Sinha | April 9, 2020
By Sonejuhi Sinha | April 9, 2020

Pushing the Boulder Uphill

The writer-director of Stray Dolls on the Sisyphean task of telling an unconventional immigrant story as a first-generation female filmmaker.

Love in the Time of Diaspora

Film
By Dean Colin Marcial | November 26, 2019
By Dean Colin Marcial | November 26, 2019

Love in the Time of Diaspora

Manila Death Squad director Dean Colin Marcial looks at Isabel Sandoval’s new film, Lingua Franca, through a distinctly personal lens.

Be Gentle, It’s My First Time Voting

Music
By Nacho Cano | January 14, 2019
By Nacho Cano | January 14, 2019

Be Gentle, It’s My First Time Voting

Nacho Cano (Harmless) on becoming a citizen and finally getting to "drive the car."

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