FUTURESTATES Returns! Seven Visions of the Future from Seven Cutting-Edge Indie Filmmakers
If you were given a glimpse into the future, would it change the way you live today? Returning for a third season, the FUTURESTATES series offers a new collection of seven fictional shorts that explore possible future scenarios through the lens of today’s global realities.
Produced by ITVS and created by such established filmmakers as Patrick Stettner, Jennifer Phang, and Tina Mabry — as well as emerging talents — FUTURESTATES films launch April 3, 2012, and will be available to stream for free at futurestates.tv and simultaneously on pbs.org.
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