A true crime podcast host sits down with an indigenous women to record her sister’s cold case but their individual intentions for telling this story come to a head as they examine the night in question.

No Spectators Allowed

After auditioning and receiving a job offer from a prestigious Chicago based orchestra, Yang Yang struggles to find support from her family, because of their views on women and their conservative values. They end up pushing her across the ocean, as she decides to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional cellist, far away from her home in China. Now, decades later, after a very accomplished career, Yang Yang will have to face a similar decision, when her longtime partner falls ill and her health condition worsens, making her reconsider what she fought so hard to get.

Farewell Symphony

A woman’s journey from defying her family's gender expectations and migration to the United States, to her life decades later after an accomplished career as a professional cellist.

Mia, a half Asian teenager, arrives in Alaska to work on her cousin’s salmon fishing boat for the summer to make money for college. Faced with a hostile crew, grueling work, seasickness, and her role in the death of the fish they catch, she is forced to navigate her impending womanhood, her place within the world, and the all powerful sea.

What We Find in the Sea

Mia, an Asian-American teenager, navigates her transition into womanhood while working on a dangerous, fast-paced Alaskan fishing boat.

Daniela, a documentary filmmaker coming out of a break up, arrives in Lisbon for a few months. She feels alone and starts dating Diogo, a happy-go-lucky guy she meets on tinder. They get to know each other through the exploration of loneliness, love, and friendship, aware that they will soon part ways.&nbsp;

The things I tell you

Daniela, feels alone and starts dating Diogo, a happy-go-lucky guy she meets on tinder. They get to know each other through the exploration of loneliness, love, and friendship, aware that they will soon part ways.

On the night of a couple's migration, something happens, and then a secret is revealed…

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