Hoping to escape painful memories about his deceased father, Nathan Carter journeys to rural Vermont, where bad weather prompts his meeting and subsequent friendship with the aging Wallace Fiske, a social outcast with his own difficult past.

The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity. Pressured by the media, their peer group, and even the adults in their lives, our protagonists confront messages encouraging them to disconnect from their emotions, devalue authentic friendships, objectify and degrade women, and resolve conflicts through violence. These gender stereotypes interconnect...

This modern-day retelling of a biblical parable follows the life of Tyler McMillan, who lives in the shadows of his over-achieving brother, Will. Following his own naive wisdom, Tyler requests an early inheritance and ends up among a den of thieves. Willing to do anything but force the love of his son, Tyler's father tries to keep tabs on him from a distance. Can a child stray so far that a father's love can't save him? The price of coming home might...

Manhattan's seductive fast lane-- a life of all-night parties and neon lights has young Jamie Conway moving way too fast and he risks losing everything and everyone he loves.

When Jack Santos discovers that his father--whom he believed had been killed in Vietnam--is actually still alive, but in a coma, he relives his father's life through his journals.

A portrait of the immigrant experience follows the Ganguli family from their traditional life in India through their arrival in Massachusetts in the late 1960s and their difficult melding into an American way of life.

Searching for an engineering job that will enable him to support his family, recent Nigerian university graduate Kingsley turns in desperation to his uncle, who runs a successful e-mail scam company and who reveals unexpected consequences for the cash loan Kingsley has reluctantly accepted.

When Malcolm Hill, a black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, is arrested for murder, white congressman Chase Brevard of Massachusetts finds his life transformed in a single moment by the appearance of Malcolm's photo on the news, enveloping him, Malcolm, and Malcolm's mother in a media firestorm that threatens their lives.

In this powerful new film based on his bestselling book, sociologist Michael Kimmel maps the troubling social world where boys become men -- a new stage of development he calls "Guyland." Arguing that the traditional adult signposts and cultural signals that once helped boys navigate their way to manhood are no longer clear, Kimmel provides an astonishing glimpse into a world where more and more young men are trying desperately to prove their masculinity...

"Fugas seduce por la calidad musical de su fraseo y por una conmovedora historia que se reparte entre una crónica de Cuba y la evocación de un exiliado que mira hacia atrás --o sueña-- y encuentra magnificencia en la conga que, como la propia vida, se desarrolla y desaparece en las calles. La Sombra, Jota Uve, De Chirico, la Garcilasa y el Solenodon viven como cualquiera el acontecer cotidiano de un país incapaz de ofrecerle mejores perspectivas...