FutureStates
FutureStates: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

March 8, 2010

Episodes

11 episodes

FutureStates

Season 1

Episodes

The Other Side

1. The Other Side

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

Seed

2. Seed

March 8, 2010
12 min

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.

The Rise

3. The Rise

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

PIA

9. PIA

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

March 8, 2010
12 min

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

March 8, 2010
12 min

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.

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