In the scarred mountains of West Virginia, a coal mining family struggles with the slow destruction of their home and heritage. A defiant daughter and her mother confront the encroaching devastation of mountaintop removal and the choices that could save or shatter them.
Haunted by a tragic accident and an unraveling marriage, a guilt-ridden woman flees to the sun-baked plains of East Africa, only to find herself embroiled in a chilling local mystery involving a witch doctor's curse and the unsettling feeling of being relentlessly pursued.
In the post-World War I South, the last member of a declining aristocratic family deals with his family's past and the effects of war, heading towards a tragic end amid fading glory and tradition.
Thirteen-year-old Luli, a quick-witted runaway, plunges into the perilous heart of American rootlessness, navigating a treacherous road trip west with a violent drifter and a fading grifter, as she grapples with her developing sexuality and the brutal realities of survival.
In 1810 Virginia, a fiercely intelligent young slave's bid for freedom and forbidden love for a white girl are tragically intertwined with his father's inadvertent betrayal and the complex loyalties within the plantation.
Orphaned by soldiers and adopted by an East Coast couple, a young Sand Lizard girl navigates the differences between her ancestral traditions and an encroaching white world, finding her identity through a globe-spanning journey and the wisdom of the earth.
A heartbroken Iranian rug merchant, adrift in New York after his wife's betrayal, finds an unexpected and tender connection with a lonely American college student, weaving a new tapestry of hope and love.
In early industrial Lodz, two brothers—one sharp and driven, the other charming but adrift—face off in a story of faith, greed, and fate, broken by the very forces they tried to control.
In 1920s Kentucky coal country, a young boy watches his family struggle between the harsh demands of the mines and the quiet strength of their mountain farm, enduring a world both difficult and unexpectedly beautiful.
A lawyer cares for her ailing, independent mother while her adult daughter moves back home, forcing three generations of women to confront their complicated relationships.
In the volatile heart of Tecan, a jaded American anthropologist, a disillusioned priest, and a cynical CIA operative collide amidst a brewing revolution, each desperately seeking meaning or escape as the country teeters on the brink of a bloody, inevitable dawn.
In 1930s Salford, the Hardcastle siblings navigate poverty, where love is a luxury and the fight for survival threatens to shatter their dreams and morals.
A young Cambodian American woman returns to her homeland, guided by a mysterious letter, to find out what happened to her father in a Khmer Rouge prison and face a nation trying to heal.
A satellite narrates an eco-pulp story in the Brazilian rainforest, where an innocent man becomes central to a strange, apocalyptic mix of magic feathers, corporate greed, and divine intervention during environmental collapse.
Trapped in a 'home' where her mind remains sharp despite her failing body, a 76-year-old retired schoolteacher wages a furious, defiant war against the subtle cruelties of her caretakers, culminating in a shocking, desperate triumph.
A shy human girl's move to a perpetually cloudy town upends her ordinary life when she falls into a dangerous, alluring romance with a 104-year-old vampire who struggles with his thirst for her blood.
In a snow-laden New York, a photographer is ensnared by the enigmatic daughter of a vanished illusionist, plunging him into a fantastical underworld where time distorts and the city's hidden magic awakens.
An elderly woman's solitude in the Himalayas unravels when her wild great-granddaughter arrives, forcing her to face buried memories and the past's grip.
A farm boy and his dragon, once nobodies, must risk everything to confront an evil king, for the fate of an entire civilization hinges on their final, no-second-chance battle.
A young man, educated in the white man's world, returns to his family's ranch on the Flathead Reservation. He is caught between clashing cultures, his family's struggles, and the reservation's destructive hold, leading to his ruin under the law he tried to avoid.
Munoo, a young boy uprooted from his village, embarks on a harsh, picaresque odyssey through pre-Partition India, enduring the brutal realities of servitude, factory labor, and rickshaw pulling in a desperate fight for survival.
A white banker's comfortable world breaks apart when he finds out about his African ancestry, sending him on a funny and moving journey that reveals the racial tensions of 1940s America.
