FutureStates
FutureStates
TV ShowReturning Series

FutureStates

5.5 / 10
2010
4 seasons
25 episodes
Drama

What will become of America in five, 25, or even 50 years from today? This series of independent mini-features explores possible future scenarios through the prism of today’s global realities. Immerse yourself in the visions of these independent prognosticators as they inhabit a future of their own imagining.

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Seasons

  • The Other Side

    1.The Other Side

    08-03-201012m

    A family struggles to escape a stark economic wasteland in hopes of immigrating illegally to a new land of opportunity.

  • Seed

    2.Seed

    08-03-201012m

    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 everythin...

  • The Rise

    3.The Rise

    08-03-201012m

    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.

  • Tia and Marco

    4.Tia and Marco

    08-03-201012m

    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.

  • Tent City

    5.Tent City

    08-03-201012m

    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...

  • Silver Sling

    6.Silver Sling

    08-03-201012m

    In the polarized economy of the near future, corporations offer incentives to their high-ranking female employees to pay for surrogate pregnancies and chemically accelerated births...

  • Plastic Bag

    7.Plastic Bag

    08-03-201012m

    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.

  • Play

    8.Play

    08-03-201012m

    Society's obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.

  • PIA

    9.PIA

    08-03-201012m

    When a woman in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android, she is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.

  • Mister Green

    10.Mister Green

    08-03-201012m

    In this parable about change, a jaded government undersecretary becomes the unwitting test subject for an experimental program to curb global warming.

  • Fallout

    11.Fallout

    08-03-201012m

    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 e...

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