Over dinner, an observer reflects on mothers and their omnipresent prevalence in children’s lives.

If two sisters are born to a family, they will be competitive for life.

A Native American woman reminisces on the story her great-grandfather would tell about running away with her great-grandmother. The woman draws parallels between the story and her own first love.

In an attempt to mend her family's generational trauma, a young Black girl embarks on a four-day therapeutic retreat that will end in reconnecting with their enslaved ancestors.

On the day of her mother's funeral, a young woman reminisces about the summers during her childhood spent with her family and friends at their lakeside cabin. As she considers her parents' nontraditional relationship, she also wonders about her own love life.

As they prepare to sell off their family’s house, two siblings reckon with the difficulty of their childhoods—and the tragedy of their third sibling.

A complex web of human relationships is presented in the form of an algebraic expression.

When a violent father receives a call from someone who claims to be his biological brother, he must re-evaluate what family means to him.

A series of vignettes about various sons along a family tree.

Through conversations with his great-great aunt, a man learns the history of a formerly enslaved family matriarch. His brother’s recent arrest gains new meaning as he learns more about his ancestors.