When old bears go to the mountain for the last time, they aren't just digging their dens -- they're digging their graves. In the Alaskan wilderness, an explorer reflects on what bears teach us about aging, parenthood and death.

Fed up with family criticism, a stifled farmer's daughter distances herself from her parents as she navigates her self-identity at the forbidden county fair midway, discovering newfound independence and forming an unexpectedly deep connection.

An Asian father and his son confront their differences in ways that parallel issues related to the Great Lakes environment and a non-native species there, the Asian carp.