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http://futurestates.tv/ Refugees from the dystopian future are immigrating to the past, and citizen watch groups have formed to stop them. On his first "border patrol", teenage Jackson must choose between his father's principles and his own sense of humanity. Directed by Joe Turner Lin & Justin Marshall FUTURESTATES is a series of short narrative films from veteran and emerging filmmakers transforming complex social issues into visions of our world in the decades to come. In Season Four, seven filmmakers envision our society at a crossroads, where discrimination, environmental catastrophe, visitors from the future and other worlds test the bonds of our humanity. Will we stand together, or break apart? Nothing is inevitable but the future. Watch other episodes of FUTURESTATES: http://itvs.org/films?series=16 Educators: get back to the future with your students! Check out ITVS's online series FUTURESTATES, short films fusing an exploration of social issues with elements of speculative and science fiction. Free companion lesson plans for grades 9-12 now available: http://www.itvs.org/educators/collections/futurestates Learn more about ITVS: http://itvs.org/