Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America (2019)
• April 17th, 2019 • 1h 24min
Documentary
Overview
Powerfully and heartbreakingly detailing the challenging process that LGBTQ refugees must go through to find safety and security while starting over in the US, Tom Shepard’s inspiring new documentary profiles four people who have come to San Francisco to save their own lives. Over the course of this unforgettable group portrait, Subhi (from Syria), Junior (from Congo), and Mari and Cheyenne (from Angola) experience roadblocks and triumphs as they reflect on their respective histories and try to create a home for themselves in an environment that is not always welcoming. Once in San Francisco, they are met with setbacks but each maintains hope for a better future – Mari and Cheyenne record an album, Subhi starts a tour speaking on behalf of Syrian refugees and finds love, while Junior faces challenges of homelessness and gender non-conformance.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Bridge
Released on: 2006-10-27
Documentary
The Bridge is a controversial documentary that shows people jumping to their death from the Golden G...
Go Figure
Released on: 2020-08-20
Documentary
Two-time Olympian and World Champion, the legendary Randy Gardner, explores his true identity throug...
Scattered People
Released on: 2021-06-17
Documentary, Music
Follows Mas and Saha, two young Iranian asylum seeker musicians, navigating a frightening new world ...
It Gets Better
Released on: 2012-02-21
Documentary
Inspired by the It Gets Better Project this documentary film follows the stories of three real-life ...
#BKKY
Released on: 2017-08-03
Drama, Documentary
Jojo, a 17-year-old girl from Bangkok, is about to graduate from high school. After her friend Q rev...
8-8-88 Church of Satan Mansonite Rally
Released on: 1988-08-08
Documentary
On August 8, 1988, the world’s first and largest Satanic rally took place. Ripped from a video featu...
Montgomery Clift
Released on: 1983-01-01
Documentary
A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with fami...
Richard Fontaine's Days of Greek Gods
Released on: 1988-01-01
Documentary
Richard Fontaine and Bob Mizer started the current exploration of the male nude in film and photogra...
Between Borders
Released on: 2017-05-12
Documentary
The film follows the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016 from the perspective of a young Lebanese woman,...
Ricochet
Released on: 2021-05-22
Documentary, Crime
When a young woman is shot by an undocumented immigrant on Pier 14 in San Francisco, the incident ig...
Mondo Topless
Released on: 1966-11-17
Documentary
Completely topless. Completely uninhibited. The craze that began in San Francisco is now exploding a...
Playback
Released on: 2019-10-11
Documentary
In Córdoba, far from the Argentine capital, the end of a military regime promises a spring that is a...
Putito
Released on: 2014-09-08
Documentary, Drama
Putito is a production with no specific genre, where reality and fiction blend through a testimony w...
Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All
Released on: 2024-04-10
Documentary, Music
An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Gi...
Madame
Released on: 2019-11-08
Documentary
The documentary tells the story of Camille Cabral, Northeastern woman, transsexual, first Brazilian ...
Paris Is Voguing
Released on: 2016-11-19
Documentary
Born in Harlem between the '70s and' 80s, Voguing is a dance inspired by the models that appeared on...
Romeo & Julius
Released on: 2009-09-01
Documentary
A young group of actors are preparing an updated version of Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET. Two boys p...
I'm a Porn Star
Released on: 2013-08-17
Documentary, Comedy
I'm a Porn Star follows the lives of guys in the neighborhood who are likely a lot more famous than ...
Michael Lost and Found
Released on: 2017-05-27
Documentary
When a feature film is made about them seven years after their break-up, Benjie Nycum visits his ex-...