Solway Steel and Cyclamen (2019) provides an animated portrait of seven industries across West Cumbria. A mechanical body soars across a hall of delicate pink flowers, providing water; the legs of a machine in a flour production factory shake and dance; the robotic arms at a factory producing New Balance trainers grab and delegate. Fleshy limbs and bodies of IRL humans are animated to keep up with the demand.
An old man who is a simple worker decides that he wants to buy a cell phone. He goes to buy some second hand ones but by accident the president's used cell phone is the one which he buys.
For more than 80 years, Solenopsis Invicta has been on a ceaseless march across the United States, racking up six billion dollars every year in crop damage, equipment repair, and pest control.
Matt, a stereotypical hetero white male, feels he has life figured out by following the status quo. This all changes when he meets Ryan and the illusion of his idyllic life begins to crumble.
Follow Jeff, a smart but directionless techie, some would say an "unchallenged" geek, as he falls down a mystic rabbit hole-leaving behind his dead-end job in tech support.
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