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In Madrid, a Cuban family has been camping in a square for months. In the past dependent upon the communist regime that molded it, the family now makes a rude apprenticeship of a capitalist society that it had once dreamed of..

The film interweaves contemporary narratives with an ancient creation myth to explore the effects of a rapidly changing landscape on lives and livelihood. Set in a rich and bio-diverse region in South India, we journey through a land that is witnessing drastic transformation in the name of 'development'. A woman's concern over the disappearance of medicinal plants from the forest, a farmer's commitment to growing indigenous varieties of rice organically and a cash crop cultivator's struggle to survive amidst farmers' suicides, offer fresh insights into shifting relations between people, knowledge systems and environment. As hills flatten, forests disappear and knowledge systems are forgotten, the film reminds us that this diversity could disappear forever, to be replaced by unsustainable alternatives.

If you could start a conversation with the country, what would you ask?

Love. Inspiration. Creation. Family. Happiness. Life. It all begins with a Seed. For artist Brian Tortorelli's next project, that seed was the love for his daughter Quinn.

After years of dreaming to make a children's superhero movie, Silvio DiSalvatore took it upon himself to do it. This is his story of how he made it happen. From paper to screen and then some.