Sophie lives on the border between the United States and Mexico. She spends most of her time taking care of her little sister and working at the family restaurant, hoping to catch the eye the Mexican boy who delivers baked goods. Her father and uncle spend their free time scouring the desert as part of a civilian militia, trying to stop undocumented immigrants from entering the United States. When Sophie becomes involved with an immigrant-aid organization...

Beginning in 1880, thousands of young, upper-class British men with few prospects were sent to the Canadian West to distance them from British society. Still supported by their families, thus earning them the title "remittance men," these men set out to continue their lives of leisure in this new land. With education, respectable breeding and the belief "from birth that they were superior beings," the remittance men descended upon Western Canada with...

This film looks at how the Yukon Nominee program is helping Filipinos leave their poverty stricken country and make new lives in the Yukon. The program requires a person to be sponsored in a job in the Yukon for two years after which the person can apply for permanent residency. Many then sponsor family members to join them in the Yukon. This film follows several Filipinos and relates their stories of how they came to be living in the Yukon. Also...

A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.