In a future where death is volunteered and the population is controlled, a soon-to-be father waits for his triplets to be born—and he must find three volunteers to die in order for them to live.

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

In a futuristic Kenya, a couple desperate for a son receives the customary 'installation' from the government, but the boy they receive is not what they expected.

A young boy tries to figure out why his father wakes up in the middle of the night to sit in their dark kitchen, alone with his thoughts.

After a tumultuous and difficult upbringing, a woman contemplates whether or not she should give up her newborn child for adoption.

A father contemplates whether he should kiss his son on the lips when saying good night.

In a small mountain town, a man waits anxiously while his wife goes into labor. As her screams grow more desperate, he wonders if his wife--and baby--will survive the ordeal.

A six-year-old boy is tasked with helping his mother give birth at their remote home in the woods.

After finding out that her toddler has cancer, a fiction writer and her husband living in the American Midwest do everything they can to save their baby, including giving up her artistic integrity in order to pay for the medical bills.

A young man grows up knowing that his mother lost five sons before him. He then bears the weight of her crippling love and grief as he has a son of his own and struggles to feel any love for him.