A young girl attending a predominantly white New York City grade school in the 1950s watches the journey of one of her classmates — a girl of color with a disability — when an influential teacher helps her become more confident and comfortable.

When a young man leaves his home in Kansas City to find a career, he struggles to settle down in one spot. He wanders, impoverished, across the western United States and finds a transcendent understanding of the human condition.

An American army photographer stationed in South Korea after the Korean War armistice agreement is assigned to a special reconnaissance unit investigating fuel pipeline robberies. However, recurring dream haunts him as he seeks to discover a secret known only by his fellow soldiers.

After four prisoners escape from the state penitentiary, a sheriff and his posse, including an empathetic deputy and a trigger-happy civilian volunteer, search for them through the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

An old elevator operator in Cleveland develops a friendship with one of his co-workers, but after tragedy strikes, he struggles more with his advancing age and growing loneliness.

A college student in 1950s New York City falls in love with a young woman he sees every day on his commute home. When he tries to contact her, she tells him she's moving away, causing the student to wander the city in search of her.

In 1950s New York a janitor goes on an uncharacteristic date with a coworker, getting to know the city and its dating scene.

A young woman embarks on a voyage across the Atlantic, leaving her boyfriend behind. Her good-bye reminds her of when she almost married an artist in Mexico.

A seventeen-year-old student meets an older man on the street and agrees to go on a date with him, only to find out that he is only interested in her because she resembles his dead lover.

An old archaeologist studying the southwestern United States has a way of making spectacular finds. When he is about to be ousted from his university position by the younger generation, he decides to take his fate into his own hands and leave the physical world behind.