FutureStates
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.
Seasons
1. The Other Side
Air Date: 2010-03-08
A family struggles to escape a stark economic wasteland in hopes of immigrating illegally to a new land of opportunity.
2. Seed
Air Date: 2010-03-08
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.
3. The Rise
Air Date: 2010-03-08
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.
4. Tia and Marco
Air Date: 2010-03-08
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.
5. Tent City
Air Date: 2010-03-08
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.
6. Silver Sling
Air Date: 2010-03-08
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.
7. Plastic Bag
Air Date: 2010-03-08
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.
8. Play
Air Date: 2010-03-08
Society's obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.
9. PIA
Air Date: 2010-03-08
When a woman in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android, she is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
10. Mister Green
Air Date: 2010-03-08
In this parable about change, a jaded government undersecretary becomes the unwitting test subject for an experimental program to curb global warming.
11. Fallout
Air Date: 2010-03-08
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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Rating
6.0/10
Release Date
2010-03-08
Episodes
20 (3 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Production Companies
ITVS