Jennifer Peralta-Ajemian

Common Decency

In preparation for a neighborhood party, a family argues over whether or not to invite the war criminal next door.

The Tramp's New World

In 1948 the James Agee wrote a scenario for his lifelong hero, Charlie Chaplin. Deeply disturbed by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Agee imagined New York destroyed. In the ruins, Chaplin's Little Tramp builds a shack in Central Park. Gradually a small community of the dispossessed grows up around him. For Agee, his story was a thought experiment about how one might start again in the aftermath of disaster, to go beyond capitalism and just how hard that is in the face of our modern technological world. The film focuses on his imaginative journey and what it might mean for us today.

Big Exit

After witnessing a violent crime, Elizabeth faces a dilemma, to bury what she knows or speak out. In the days that follow Elizabeth struggles to come to terms with the burden of responsibility and new challenges at work.

Feeling Through

A late-night encounter on a New York City street leads to a profound connection between a teen-in-need and a DeafBlind man.

LoveTrue

From an Alaskan strip club, a Hawaiian island, and the streets of NYC—revelatory stories emerge about a deeper definition of love.

Stolen Dreams

Trapped in a US detention center, a sick Central American teenage migrant fantasizes of escaping into the forests of rural America. His fever-dream of escape is overshadowed by the haunting memories of being separated from his family.

This Land

Azat, an Armenian immigrant selling counterfeit designer bags on the streets of Los Angeles, strikes a bond with a woman from his night school only to face the pitfalls of the American Dream.