S1.E2 ∙ The Empire of Reason

Four families show their testimonies of love, faith and unity in an attempt to rescue the true meaning of Christmas.

Damascus, September 11th, 2001. During a family trip to the land of his ancestors, Otavio Cury finds an unknown book containing the complete literary works of his great-grandfather. Translating the book into Portuguese was the first step of a personal journey into the history of Daud Constantino Al-Khoury. A journey that ends, with more questions than answers.

Why would anyone put their 5-year-old child in a classroom where the teacher only speaks Spanish?

OLD?! is a 55 -minute documentary showcasing over seventy people with poignant stories and plain-speak wisdom about the life journey of aging. These individuals, from 10 days to 101 years old, offer funny, touching and inspiring stories as they share their perspectives about what it means to be old. Throughout the film OLD?! invites us to embrace our own aging process.

A lyrical journey into the lives of a young Mariachi Family in East Los Angeles, whose dream of keeping Mariachi music alive goes beyond their family and into their community.

There is only one video in existence of the director with her deceased parents, short and full of abrupt cuts, matching her own incomplete memories of the time. The old video tape shows her mother, her father and another man. Who was this man? And why does the video show her to be closer to him than her own father?