The United States was founded on a separation between church and state, but don’t tell that to the practitioners of American Evangelicalism. Through the investigatory lens of a former evangelist, learn the sordid history of how the religious right has spent decades in their mission to overhaul democracy in their own image, from the true origins of the pro-life movement to the continued belief in white supremacy.
When a teenage boy meets Æ.ly; who he thinks is the love of his life.. he has to go through the realities of what a relationship can do, for and against you. He has to figure out who he is even fighting for. His true life began with her, but will it end the same way?
A condemned prisoner faces a surreal dreamscape on the eve of his execution awakening in a desolate space, he finds himself trapped in a decrepit building, haunted by eerie sights and sounds. with no recollection of how he got there, he navigates through the passageways, encountering the unsettling atmosphere. guided by an enigmatic force, he grapples with past transgressions seeking redemption within his dream.
A teenaged horse guide stumbles into chaos as he tries to recover his precious phone data from the elusive 'cloud' - an internet phenomenon that is both new and confusing to him and his village.
Over a summer, young friends discover their creative paths while dealing with nostalgia and heartbreak. Ben and Seb become friends while taking a course taught by an artist they both admire. Seb falls in love with the artist and tries unsuccessfully to express his feelings to her. Meanwhile, Ben must decide whether to return to his homeland to help his sister Jasmine care for their aging father. Letty and Stanley, two other students, struggle to define their relationships and ambitions. The story is told through a series of whimsical episodes in a minimalist visual style.
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.
The year is 1862 and the American Civil War is raging. For one family in the South, conflicting views on the war cause tension in the family. William, the family's eldest brother, soon grows restless and feels drawn to the Union cause. Feeling betrayed, his younger brother Adam takes up arms in the Confederate army to defend the family home. Now two years later, with old grudges still burning and bullets whizzing by, the brothers meet face-to-face during the Battle of the Wilderness.
A quest for the truth about a hot topic: the worldwide craze for appetite suppressant drugs like Ozempic, designed to treat diabetes but popularized for weight loss. How can we explain this obsession with thinness in a society that is trying to accept the diversity of all bodies?
