Family Documentary Movies

Home movie collection of the Bohulano Family of Stockton, CA. Footage dates between the 1950s-1970s.

One day, my mother asked me to come home. When he got home, he asked everyone, including me, to vote for a Muslim mayoral candidate. I turned it down...

Filmmaker and artist explores the implications of her parents’ conflicted marriage.

Three generations of women return to the old family home in Sinaloa to confront the ghosts of their past. Our story, wherever we begin to tell it,...

A film essay that intertwines the director's gaze with that of her late mother. Beyond exploring mourning and absence as exclusively painful...

"Zenny" follows a woman's journey of loss and healing in her 50s, where faith and cherished memories transform grief into enduring strength.

From the inside of a balikbayan box, a daughter plays a video game system gifted to her by her father. She recalls the days before her father went...

Jackie Brutsche tries to unravel the dark secrets of her family and answer unanswered questions about her mother.

Through a blend of archival photos and videos of OFW families, Paliparan delves into the lives of OFW families from the perspective of an OFW child....

Janet Sharrock has two children and Brent “Buddha” Barnes has three; the pair has a meet-cute at the local RSL, marry and unite their...