Essy Award for Best Narrative Short. Augustus, a literate carpenter and family man who is living free as a fugitive slave, is faced with a decision to speak or die when denied the wages he's earned.

A naive student meets a smooth-talking, wealthy man and gets swept into a world of excess, luxury, drugs, and partying.

At Waterloo in 1815, as the soldiers of Emperor Napoleon fight with desperation, a man braves all danger to come to their aid with an ambulance.

A group of Latina women who were sterilized without consent while giving birth at Los Angeles County USC Medical Center during the 1970s join with a fierce Latina attorney in a lawsuit against the hospital.

As a married couple talk politics over morning coffee, a grandfather shares his excitement about a gift to his grandson.

Queen Victoria, the original "Instamum," struggles with postnatal depression while facing a photo shoot to show off her perfect family to the world.

In 1844 in the Republic of Texas, a young mother is forced to extreme measures when a Texas Ranger and his mysterious partner seek shelter from the rain.

Things get messy for three friends who pick up a hitchhiker while traveling to Las Vegas.

In 1970s Ireland, a young female patient escapes a psychiatric hospital and phones home, but her parents are already waiting for the call.