S1.E6 ∙ Waiting in the Wings

Ghost Robot presents A Love Letter For You, the genre defying new film by award-winning director Joey Garfield. A Love Letter For You seamlessly mixes documentary and narrative, love and loss, community and solidarity, art and crime, to paint a compelling portrait of two artists and their impact on the neighborhood they grew up in. The film documents the notorious graffiti legend, Stephen "ESPO" Powers as he returns to his old stomping grounds in Philadelphia to paint a series of murals on 50 rooftops along the Market train line. The film also weaves in the fictional narrative of FIRE, a young graffiti king who is fresh out of prison on a quest to win back the love and attention of his ex girlfriend. A Love Letter For You mixes a local cast with real-life characters as they rediscover the soul of West Philly and it's dynamic community. The film is a multi-faceted project by Stephen Powers with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and is sponsored by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative. The murals have garnered international attention and been published in a coffee table book, featured in a gallery exhibition and generated community education workshops.

Sasha is an eight-year-old boy who lives in Ukraine with his mum and five siblings. Their everyday life is involved in misery, poverty and even further complicated by the current war in the country. Sasha leaves Ukraine in order to live during a summer with a Catalan' family in Catalunya. What he will find out, who he will meet, how he will be affected and how he will live are questions that will arise all throughout the film.

Roni Hirshenzon is a 60-year-old Israeli man who has suffered as much as any parent can imagine. Both of his sons are dead. Each died at the age of 19 as a direct result of the conflict in the region. Putting hatred and anger aside, Roni co-founded the Parents Circle, a support group for bereaved families, Israelis and Palestinians together. Another Side of Peace follows Roni's efforts to reach reconciliation and to come to terms with the deaths of his sons. He works with his Palestinian partners to connect with other bereaved families in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Their message is simple: No More Death. Another Side of Peace provides a provocative and intimate look at the human side of the conflict, and the healing power of communication and reconciliation. This story reminds us that humanity can supersede politics.

A movie based on Transgenders, the 'in-betweens' that are shunned by society, unaccepted and forced to make ends meet through sex work. The film, revolves around the lives of three transgenders, their work, their difficulties, their childhood, their relationships, their hobbies, their normality. The film captures small to larger than life movements in their lives, giving us a peak into their world. This is not only a story of the dark and difficult life of the transgenders, but also of their beautiful journeys filled with psychedelic and vibrant colours of the 'vibgyor' that will engross us and captivate us till we are all hit by one question, how can such beautiful, flamboyant people be denied basic human rights and be victims of todays democracy?

Cleveland tavern owner and Libertarian candidate Gary Nolan hits America's back roads to run for the US Presidency while battling the big Two-Party system.

In a southern Mexico's coast small village, a group of young deaf people receive an unusual proposal: to make a movie out of their dreams. While Eric and his friends watch films and discuss the stories they wish to film, we meet their everyday life full of desires as well as deceptions. Eye Music is a reflection on the dreamy world of silent films and its cross-linking with sign language, perception and culture of the Deaf.