Family History Movies

Roberto tries to interview his grandmother to find the story behind a family secret. There are two relatives whose faces are crossed out in all the...

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

A filmmaker explores the life of her 100-year-old great-aunt, Jane Chung, an actress who made a career for herself at a time when Asian Americans...

Jan's father is not his father at all. The directors knows this and takes this fact as the starting point for a very personal documentary film...

The director explores the birth origins of actress Merle Oberon, traveling to Tasmania and India in search of the truth, but her quest ultimately...

A man wanders around the mountains with a bleeding leg, holding a rifle in his hand. Seemingly a fugitive, he runs from as-yet unknown pursuers, but...

One man's discoveries concerning the small town his mother grew up in reveals disturbing facts.

School lunch chef Wanda McAfee-Conart reflects in her job and how it connects her to the sensory environment and to her own family history.

Filmmaker Evan Jordan, accompanied by his friend (it's complicated) Sophia Anderson, returns to his home state for the first time since the passing...

Alex, a wealthy and handsome man living a meaningless life, meets Tika, a beautiful and refined woman from a different background. He falls in love...

Epigenetics and psychogenealogy ​through a VERY personal experience.

Maya is Ayaibex's daughter, an addict in recovery that feels a blame for damages that caused her daughter, Maya decides to remember her mother's...

Boris was a Ukrainian-Canadian mountaineer whose love for mountains was deeply spiritual. Now, his family must face their first expedition without...

Othello, a melancholic family man, seeks out a seraphic myth known as The Guide for enlightenment and is unknowingly taken on an esoteric tour of...

The filmmaker envisions what life would have been like if her parents never left their country of origin. The haunting imagery and disjointed...