#futurestates

this is not fair. I haven’t done anything wrong.

Futurestates: Promised Land Directed by Joe Turner Lin & Justin Marshall Refugees from the dystopian future are immigrating to the past, and citizen watch groups have formed to stop them. On his first "border patrol", teenage Jackson must choose between his father's principles and his own sense of humanity.

This short film by American director Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo) traces the epic, existential journey of a plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) searching for its lost maker, the woman who took it home from the store and eventually discarded it. Along the way, it encounters strange creatures, experiences love in the sky, grieves the loss of its beloved maker, and tries to grasp its purpose in the world.