Immigrant stories

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Gurinder Chadha in England (Bend it like Beckham, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, It’s a wonderful afterlife…), Burhan Qurbani (Shahada…) in Germany, Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay, Mississippi Masala, Vanity Fair, Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake…) in the United States, all of these talented directors make moving or funny films in which they relate their themes of predilection: family, exile, integration in their host country and the collision between their familial traditions and the Western way of life.

Yet, all things considered, their films belong to a classic genre, the one containing films with the message: “who cares what others would like you to be, do what you like if you’re good at it.” Within this well-trodden register (Flashdance, Billy Eliott), the immigrants’ life path still manages to surprise us, since the variety of individual lived experiences is so great and the obstacles so difficult to overcome.

This is why we are suggesting several titles to you this week that relate extraordinary destinies and incredible immigrant stories.

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The Newsletter # 14 includes

- All In, by Jerry Yang and Marc Tabb

- The Fish That Ate The Whale, by Rich Cohen

- The Cutter, by Virgil Suarez

- A Good Indian Wife, by Anne Cherian

- Red Clay (Rouge Argile), by Virginie Ollagnier

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As every week, find also the list of the films rights purchased or in process of sale ; the books to keep an eye on ; and the focus on a new film, book or artist (this week : The Immigrant by Charlie Chaplin).

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