Family History Movies

After her mother’s death, Cass Milligan returns home for the first time in years, only to find the house isn’t done with her. She’s...

A documentary filmmaker travels to Bolivia to learn more about his father and his family's history.

When Ines died, she left a very particular legacy, 10 books that read 'For my children'; it was the story of her life. Marked by a youth idyllic...

Romani filmmaker and advocate Liza Mortimer unearths her family's musical legacy in the archives of The English Folk Dance and Song Society,...

The race to save the world's only dedicated Māori World War One Memorial from collapse reveals an unknown soldier's heroic story to the...

Flora Bear’s youngest granddaughter searches for truth and answers about her Indigenous grandmother’s life.

Can a secret change who you are? Mysterious events unfold and reveal how Martha, a Polish holocaust survivor, managed to lead a double life in...

A school teacher never just teaches. A step back in time of the life of a school teacher in a small city in the North of France and her experience of...

Tribute to director, screenwriter and actress Sarah Polley. A whimsical, playful film tells the story of the kinds of stories Polley tells, using...

Historically, the queer community has not been portrayed in mainstream culture as being capable of protecting children and young people. Yet my uncle...

At the end of the 1960s, Vanesa’s parents fled the Franco-regime’s deep poverty to pursue their dream in the Netherlands. Working their...

In 2022, while living and working in Hong Kong, Hester started writing daily about her experiences. The previous year, inspired by the weekly online...

A woman returns to the site of her birth, which is now a funeral home. She drinks a white monster energy drink.

The first of these traces the words of Louis Pereira's grandmother, delving into his childhood and memories of the past.

Amarr Coleman, a successful Chicago-based artist who has returned home to Kentucky after the passing of his beloved grandmother, Linda Coleman, finds...