Gidalya Pictures

Traces the life of director Alexandra Shiva’s late mother, Susan, an actress and travel agent, and the daughter of Hollywood mogul Jules C. Stein. As the filmmaker sifts through her mom’s belongings, including a trove of 16mm footage, she pieces together the traces of a childhood shaped by privilege, loss, and longing.

The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months.