Life is going on in Dakhla, one of the Sahrawi refugee camps in southern Algeria, forgotten for 45 years. A film festival, the Fisahara, breaks the monotony. The event ends, life (and oblivion) continues.

Americans Emad and Bahareh Shargi never expected their family to be torn apart while visiting Iran, their country of birth. But when Iranian officials hold Emad hostage on bogus espionage charges, Bahareh and her daughters are forced into unlikely roles. They must navigate Iran’s authoritarian system and U.S. politics to try to free Emad from being a pawn in nuclear negotiations.

Godfrey Benjamin Chipps, "Above Boy,” is a fourth-generation descendant of Horn Chipp, Crazy Horse's Medicine Man. After years of struggle, he attempts to reconnect to his ancestral heritage. ABOVE BOY is a heart-wrenching exploration of ancestry, the importance of ceremony, and the modern realities of life on the reservation.