Spotlights people who escaped war, torture and persecution and introduces the generous Nebraskans who welcomed them.

Set in the Western Sahara, Barber Shop Algeria tells the story of the last colony in Africa: since Morocco illegally annexed the territory of the Sahrawi, this nomad population has been living in refugee camps along a long Moroccan wall built in the middle of the desert.

Madou, a Senegalese fisherman, risks his life on an illegal boat to Europe.

A vivid portrait of Central American immigrants who disappear along the trail running from southern Mexico to the US border, exposing a global migration system that renders human beings invisible in life, as well as in death.

Traumatized Middle Eastern and African teen refugees are guided through a program of healing by devoted educators at a unique St. Louis public school for refugees only.

Jose is an excellent student with a bright future except that he is undocumented, the child of migrant farm laborers in California's Salinas Valley.

A few years ago, the al-Mahamids fled Bashar al-Assad and Syria to settle in Montreal. A nuanced portrayal of a Syrian family in Canada, coping with a seemingly interminable war, thousands of miles away, that continues to affect their lives.

Finding Bosnia puts a human face on the aftermath of displacement and explores the experience of living between cultures.

With vitality and humor, HAMADA is the unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the stony Saharan desert.

A young boy escapes Afghanistan, traveling over 12,000 km alone to France and experiencing the terror and dangers of clandestine migration. Taken into the care of the child welfare services, a psychologist helps him to tame nightmares caused by abandon and poverty. The filmmakers follow his quest for a new life over 8 years, until he enters adulthood.