Il sogno americano: gli europei nel Nuovo Mondo / 2019

La storia degli europei in Nord America, dall'arrivo di Colombo nel 1492 al successo commerciale degli immigrati tedeschi come Heinz, Strauss o Friedrich Trumpf, il nonno di Donald Trump. Nel XIX secolo, trenta milioni di persone — tedeschi, irlandesi, scozzesi, russi, ungheresi, italiani e molti altri — lasciarono il vecchio continente, fuggendo dalla povertà, dal razzismo o dall'oppressione politica, nella speranza di fare fortuna e realizzare il sogno americano.

The American Dreams of Bobby Kennedy / 20186.01 voti

On June 6, 1968, Robert F. KENNEDY, a staunch opponent of racial discrimination, supporter of the inhabitants of poor neighborhoods and advocate of social change in America, was assassinated. With him, a whole section of the American dream collapsed. From the day of President Kennedy's assassination to the death of his brother Bobby Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel almost five years later, this film looks back at the journey of this statesman and his fight for a fairer world. Four years during which Bobby Kennedy will fly on his own wings in politics, four years that will leave an indelible mark on American politics, four years full of hope, but ending with a bitter disillusionment. Through unique archives, discover a new portrait of this Kennedy that everyone called "Bobby".

The American Dream /

A Mexican Immigrant arrives to the United States to chase the American dream.

Newark USA: Far from the American Dream / 2023

The story of the city of Newark, in the state of New Jersey, USA; unlikely capital of the struggle for civil rights in the legendary sixties of the convulsive twentieth century, told through the eyes of writers Philip Roth and Amiri Baraka, who were born and grew up there, in the ominous shadow of the immense New York.

Joe Polowsky - An American Dreamer / 1986

Documentary about Joe Polowsky, who was a Chicago taxi driver who had been present at the Elbe River when the American and Russian allies joined forces on April 25th 1945. This meeting came to represent a plea for peace for Joe.

Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream / 2016

NFL legend Jim Brown forges an unlikely coalition with former convicts and gang members in an effort to halt the alarming epidemic of deadly youth violence on America's streets.

American Family / 2002

The head of the household, Jess Gonzalez (Edward James Olmos), is your average father who is forced to fight everyday troubles, following the death of his loving wife Berta (Sônia Braga). Their beloved daughter Nina (Constance Marie) has recently graduated from law school and decides to work for Legal Services on behalf of immigrant rights, although...

I'm Charlie Walker / 2022

1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet.

Telling Lies in America - Un mito da infrangere / 1997

Negli anni '60 il giovane e timido Karchy vive anni difficili: figlio di poveri immigrati, viene deriso dai compagni di classe e ignorato dalle ragazze. L'incontro con Billy Magic, il disc-jokey del momento, cambierà per sempre la sua vita. Per Karchy la vita dissipata di Billy è un modello da seguire e l'unico modo per uscire dalla sua emarginazione. Quando finalmente inizierà a lavorare al suo fianco scoprirà cosa si nasconde dietro il mito.

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre / 1989

A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.

The American Tapestry / 2000

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the last of the six films, "The American Tapestry," filmmaker Gregory Nava takes viewers on an uplifting and challenging journey through the memoirs of five immigrant families, each one on a quest for its own American Dream. Beautifully interweaving accounts from several generations, Nava composes an astonishing tapestry of personal triumphs and tragedies, as each story of courage unfolds. The American Dream is an elusive thing, and the lives of the people in Nava's film are both triumphant and tragic, teeming with optimism and sometimes despair. They expose the finest and worst in America as well as what we feel most magnificent and dreadful. They are part of the many contrasting threads that make up the American tapestry — a complex portrait of a nation at the turn of the millennium.

Erase and Forget / 2017

'Bo' Gritz is one of America's highest decorated Vietnam veterans and the real life inspiration behind Rambo. He also killed 400 people, turned against Washington and moved to the Nevada desert where he now sleeps with many weapons. Filmed over ten years using impressive visual material, Zimmerman's portrait of Bo embodies contemporary American society in all its dizzying complexity and contradictions.

Giấc Mơ Mỹ / 2017

Hunky Blues / 2009

The internationally acclaimed director and recipient of the Erasmus Award in 2007, Péter Forgács created a documentary exploring the fate of hundred thousands of Hungarian men and women who arrived to the United States between 1890 and 1921. To tell their sagas Forgács weaved this grand epic from the early American cinema, found footage, photographs and interviews. The film reveals the difficult moments of arrival, integration and assimilation, which eventually fed the happiness of the later generations and their fulfillment of the American dream.

Raymond Loewy, le designer du rêve américain / 2017

Who was Raymond Loewy? A designer with the golden touch - such a genius that he could cross the US by air, rail, or road, stylishly seated in a plane, train, or automobile he'd designed himself! French designer Raymond Loewy was a star when the American Way of Life was at its flamboyant capitalist peak. He styled his own destiny as a Hollywood thriller. After all, he was a tycoon, a New York celebrity. Yet by the end of his life, he’d been forgotten. He took the mystery of his iconic Coca-Cola bottle to the grave with him. The bigger they are, the harder they fall: One day, megalomania got the better of Loewy, and he came to a tragic end. Suspense, drama, twists of fate: Loewy invented the medium as the message.

Building Arnold Schwarzenegger / 2019

What exactly lies behind Arnold Schwarzenegger's success story? From post-war Austria to the podiums of bodybuilding; from Hollywood to the political arena; his journey is a mirror held up to our era; a legend that, for the last 40 years, has reflected our dreams as well as our nightmares.

Red Blooded American Girl / 1990

A young woman is transformed into a vampire by a virus. The vampire doctor who's treating her hires a young scientist to find a cure. He and the girl fall for each other hard, but she, mad from hunger, escapes to wreak havoc on the city

Dolph /

Dolph's life and his rise to becoming a treasured action star.

America Chica Pica / 1993

A group of young Egyptians are planning to immigrate to the United States from Bucharest. But, when the man they hired steals their money and leave them on the Hungarian border, they are forced to work together to overcome adversity.