When an ambiguous small US town must welcome recently-landed aliens into the mix, the townspeople experience a range of emotions: sexual attraction, curiosity, disgust, sympathy, ambivalence.

A town newcomer befriends a seasoned bird hunter and learns about his tragic past and the wild family that continues to haunt him long after they’ve left town.

Two cartographers reach a geographic boundary and discuss what they see.

When a northern writer arrives in a rural Tennessee town to better understand the culture for his novel, he is put through a harrowing night by the menfolk who, in the course of an elaborate joke, convince him he has inadvertently killed the son of his hosts.

The 15-year-old daughter of immigrants works as a keeper for a rural cottage with her parents. She observes the family who takes over the cottage for a week.

An interstate road traveled by African souls is both filled with welcoming bazaar-style market stalls and dark, suspicious areas that most travelers and sellers avoid.

A man and his friends discover a map of Mexico that shows a series of ghost towns. However, these ghost towns aren't empty, nor are they typical.

Two young individuals on their honeymoon stop at a gas station in an Indian reservation to buy souvenirs and eat lunch. To the great embarrassment of his wife, the husband spends the entirety of their stop mocking the Native Americans who live there.

In the near future, the United States has set aside designated areas for each group of ethnic minorities. After growing up in one of the cultural conservation units, three dancers consider leading a life outside their home.

An ethnic cleansing forces a Chinese man to move to Thailand, where he lives as a second-class citizen. He confronts dehumanizing conditions that make him consider how far he will go to guarantee his own survival.