Filhos da Mãe

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.