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Futurestates

Season 1 Episode 8: Tent City

Set in the near future of economic hard times, Tent City tells the story of Matthew Ochoa, who has been forced to abandon his career as an artist and take a job evicting people from their foreclosed homes. At home, he and his son Ivan...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Fallout

1. Fallout

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

The end is just the beginning.

Episode 2 Mister Green

2. Mister Green

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

A parable about change in which a jaded government undersecretary for a faile...

Episode 3 Pia

3. Pia

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

In the radically altered housing market of the future, an older couple must f...

Episode 4 Plastic Bag

4. Plastic Bag

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

The epic, existential journey of a plastic bag searching for its lost maker.

Episode 5 Play

5. Play

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

Imagines a not-too-distant future where video games have become indistinguish...

Episode 6 Seed

6. Seed

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

After a decade of famine and food riots, the Mendelian Corporation feeds and ...

Episode 7 Silver Sling

7. Silver Sling

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

In the polarized economy of the near future, corporations offer subsidies to ...

Episode 8 Tent City

8. Tent City

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

Set in the near future of economic hard times, Tent City tells the story of M...

Episode 9 The Other Side

9. The Other Side

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

A father and his two kids flee a ravaged nation in the hopes of a better life...

Episode 10 The Rise

10. The Rise

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

A story in the not so distant future about a generation letting go of the Ame...

Episode 11 Tia & Marco

11. Tia & Marco

Aired: Mar 8, 2010

The year is 2025. All American citizens in good health are now required to se...

Info about Futurestates

Seasons: 2

Network: PBS

Genres:Sci-Fi