Portraits from the Clothby Alberto Justiniano, Xiong Vang, and Roger Schmitz A Hmong immigrant completes a tapestry telling of her family's dangerous escape from Laos and celebrating survival in a new land. | |
A Psychic Momby Shelli Ainsworth A psychic suburban mother — with an affinity for Doris Day films — begins a spiritual journey beyond the confines of her neighborhood and failed nuclear family experience. | |
The Riseby Garret Williams In the radically altered housing market of the future, an older couple must forego their dreams of retirement and adapt to the ever-evolving definition of the American dream. FUTURESTATES | |
The Secret Life of Housesby Adrian Velicescu When her mother is hospitalized, nine-year-old Margaret gives her house a life of its own as she struggles to keep her world together. | |
Seedby Hugo Perez In an industry dominated by genetically modified seeds, a poor farmer struggles to survive. When he resorts to smuggling now-illegal organic seeds across borders he risks everything. FUTURESTATES | |
Sentenced Homeby Nicole Newnham and David Grabias Raised as Americans in inner-city projects near Seattle, three young Cambodian men are deported back to Cambodia, caught between a tragic past and an uncertain future by a system that doesn't offer any second chances. Independent Lens, Global Voices | |
Tarantellaby Helen De Michiel An Italian American woman (played by Mira Sorvino) confronts her forgotten heritage while sorting through her deceased mother's estate, where she uncovers a family secret. | |
Tent Cityby Aldo Velasco In a world where housing is granted only to the powerful few, a father who makes his living evicting the powerless must choose between his responsibilities and his moral principles. FUTURESTATES | |
Terminal, USAby Jon Moritsugu All the action of a month of soap operas are compressed as one Japanese American family explodes notions of the "model minority." | |
Tia and Marcoby Annie J. Howell When a pregnant border patrol agent discovers an illegal immigrant child hiding in her home, she is forced to question her loyalty to a system of exclusion. FUTURESTATES |
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