Ben Rekhi
Director
Future States (2010)
Season 1
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.
Released March 5, 2010
Episode 30 min
None+
Country: United States
Languages:
English
3.0
S1E1 - Fallout
Los 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.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E2 - Mister Green
In this parable about change, a jaded government undersecretary becomes the unwitting test subject for an experimental program to curb global warming.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E3 - PIA
When a woman encounters a wandering service android, she is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
March 5, 2010, midnight
8.0
S1E4 - Play
Society’s obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.
March 5, 2010, midnight
7.0
S1E5 - Plastic Bag
Struggling 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.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E6 - Silver Sling
In the near future, corporations offer incentives to their high-ranking female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies and accelerated births.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E7 - Tent City
A father who makes his living evicting the powerless must choose between his responsibilities and his moral principles.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E8 - Tia and Marco
When a border patrol agent discovers a child hiding in her home, she is forced to question her loyalty to a system of exclusion.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E9 - The Rise
In the housing market of the future, an older couple must forego their dreams and adapt to the ever-evolving definition of the American dream.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E10 - Seed
In an industry dominated by genetically modified seeds, a poor farmer struggles to survive by smuggling now-illegal organic seeds.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E11 - The Other Side
A family struggles to escape a stark economic wasteland in hopes of immigrating illegally to a new land of opportunity.
March 5, 2010, midnight
30 min/ep
330 min
March 5, 2010
March 5, 2010, midnight
Ended
NR
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