A writer analyzes the popularity and success of Star Wars by considering its contemporary political movements and the narrative created by Americans.

A Chinese American man gushes about his favorite animated series being adapted into a live-action movie–until he finds out that racism has corrupted the project.

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.

Just before an American college student is set to leave for the airport after visiting her extended family in Ethiopia, she realizes her suitcases are too heavy. A fight breaks out between her relatives about what items should travel with her at their behest, versus which ones deserve to be left behind.

In a dystopian American Midwest, a young Arab-American woman tries to get in touch with a past lover as she journeys through the Dakotas with her dying mother who's a part of "the Movement," a philosophy based on continuous transience and the avoidance of violent places.

On an earth-like planet, the infamous leader of a resistance group wakes up in a cave with a man she doesn’t recognize. Upon learning the man works for the organization she’s fighting against, the resistance leader must formulate a plan to seduce the man and win her freedom.

When a young Puerto Rican woman finds herself working retail as part of her prison sentence for participating in a protest, she discovers that laughter may be her most powerful weapon.

A Filipino-American woman reflects on her high school experience in the 1960s and the impact that a charismatic white boy had on her and her friends.

In an airport terminal, a former boxer recounts to his coworker about the time he punched a classmate outside of the ring and the traumatic events that transpired.

On the day before they join the army, two Mexican-Americans see their communities, friends, and homes attacked by sailors and marines during the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots of 1943.