In episode 11 of The Stream, I consider why water streams are created. Water flowing through waterways is necessary for the cultivation of crops. Agricultural products are mainly produced for human consumption and are sold and distributed in the marketplace, where crops are cultivated again with the profits are earned. It is the economy and the distribution of goods that create the flow of water, which circulates in society through transportation and information networks.
2022
Grounds of Hope
In a small rural town, Alex, a former professional boxer, lives as a worker for a concrete materials company. One night, chased by armed men, his twin sister breaks into his home with a migrant and his daughter. Alex, forced by the situation, helps to hide them, unaware that they are keenly sought. The spiral starts. With no choice and under financial pressure, he starts competing in illegal boxing fights.
Qazi
Qazi is the story of a young Pakistani refugee who is forced by economic and family circumstances to seek his fortune in Europe. As a rickshaw driver he has limited skills but winds up in Germany driving tourists around town in a bicycle rickshaw and selling flowers to anyone. After his arrival in Germany, he applies for asylum but is rejected. Misfortune never comes singly, and Qazi finds out that his mother is need of a kidney operation.
Za ra
To become an actress, a teenage girl decides to attend a mixed party of the school’s theater group and then she gets involved in a cycle of occurrences
It’s Quiet in the Cold
A dangerous man hunts for a mysterious package…
O Ovo (The egg)
In a dystopian Brazil, where the entire population is infertile and ruled by a populist dictatorship, a married couple a maid and a baker can’t agree on how to name their daughter, exposing structural problems in their marriage and in society.