Future States (2010)
What will become of America in five, 25, or even 50 years? FutureStates is a series of fictional mini-features exploring possible future scenarios through the lens of today's global realities. Immerse yourself in the visions of these independent prognosticators as they project a future of their own imagining.
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Episode 1 - Fallout
Release Date: 2010-03-05Los Angeles has fallen victim to a nuclear attack from an unknown aggressor. In the aftermath of the bombing, a young man's search for his girlfriend highlights the human toll of eternal war.
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Episode 2 - Mister Green
Release Date: 2010-03-05In this parable about change, a jaded government undersecretary becomes the unwitting test subject for an experimental program to curb global warming.
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Episode 3 - PIA
Release Date: 2010-03-05When a woman encounters a wandering service android, she is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
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Episode 4 - Play
Release Date: 2010-03-05Society’s obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.
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Episode 5 - Plastic Bag
Release Date: 2010-03-05Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures through the environmentally barren remains of America as it searches for its maker.
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Episode 6 - Silver Sling
Release Date: 2010-03-05In the near future, corporations offer incentives to their high-ranking female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies and accelerated births.
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Episode 7 - Tent City
Release Date: 2010-03-05A father who makes his living evicting the powerless must choose between his responsibilities and his moral principles.
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Episode 8 - Tia and Marco
Release Date: 2010-03-05When a border patrol agent discovers a child hiding in her home, she is forced to question her loyalty to a system of exclusion.
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Episode 9 - The Rise
Release Date: 2010-03-05In the housing market of the future, an older couple must forego their dreams and adapt to the ever-evolving definition of the American dream.
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Episode 10 - Seed
Release Date: 2010-03-05In an industry dominated by genetically modified seeds, a poor farmer struggles to survive by smuggling now-illegal organic seeds.
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Episode 11 - The Other Side
Release Date: 2010-03-05A family struggles to escape a stark economic wasteland in hopes of immigrating illegally to a new land of opportunity.