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Portraits from the Cloth

by 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 Mom

by 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 Rise

by 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

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The Secret Life of Houses

by 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.

Seed

by 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.

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Sentenced Home

by 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.

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Tarantella

by 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 City

by 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.

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Terminal, USA

by 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 Marco

by 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.

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