I Was a Stranger
"Everyone's running from something"
A woman fleeing domestic violence finds refuge in a community of boondockers.
"Everyone's running from something"
A woman fleeing domestic violence finds refuge in a community of boondockers.
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Eliza
Jason Butler Harner
Seth
Carlease Burke
Linda
Bernard Addison
Jim
Morgan Eiland
Devon
Becca Ward
Sloane
James Badge Dale
Lad
Andrea Ciannavei
Hotline Operator
Alana Osborn-Lief
Sam
A woman fleeing domestic violence finds refuge in a community of boondockers.
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.