SURGE tells the unforgettable story of three families whose lives were turned upside down by Hurricane Helene. Devised entirely by students at Watauga High School, this play has won awards and earned national attention. With themes that resonate far beyond Western North Carolina, SURGE is a testament to the power of human spirit in the face of disaster.
Claudia is a medical student focused on building a perfect life with her live-in boyfriend Dr. Jayson. Her grandfather's death forces her to go back to her hometown to face her estranged family and her past. Once she arrives, she uncovers sinister secrets and will stop at nothing to break the generational curse stemming from her family's history.
"Prite (Keep Smiling)," a successful writer who has inspired many people with his book. One day in a podcast show, he tells the audience about his past trauma and his motivation.
A university caretaker's routine is disturbed when he unlocks the door of a student's room who hasn't been seen for days. This tragedy prompts him to try and mend the ailing relationship with his son.
An eight-year-old boy and his aunt, a screenwriter, spend a summer at her late grandfather's house. Through his diary, the two discover about his past during war.
Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, poet and novelist, finds out that his father left papers in the Namib desert that would help him shed light on a mystery that occurred in 1923. Through his search, he embarks on an epic tale that goes from the turn of the 19th century to the end of the 20th, in the magnificent Angolan south.
The Polish national chess squad, the 'Golden Team', won the world chess championship in Hamburg in 1930, and was renamed by the German press as the 'Bombenmannschaft' ('Bomber Crew'). The film focuses on team leader, Akiba Rubinstein, alongside his fellow players Dawid Przepiórka, Ksawery Tartakower, Mieczyslaw Najdorf, Paulin Frydman and Kazimierz Makarczyk. They battle to win the trophy as well as dealing with the mental illness of Rubinstein and the outbreak of World War II. The film tracks the fate of the Polish players, some of whom are Jewish, as the Nazis occupy Poland.
Lucas Thompson is sentenced to community service, entailing him to deliver food parcels to the elderly where he finds himself on the doorstep of dementia sufferer; Arthur Miller.
Iris, an 18-year old virgin marries Joaquin, a rich widower, because of money. However, when he learns that Iris is not really a virgin, their honeymoon turns to a bloodbath.
Traveling forward in time isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, as Sean Graves learns the hard way. He’s supposed to spy on his future self to determine if he should pursue a new romantic love interest. Even though he’s warned to not interfere, Sean decides he has to investigate for himself the tension between the man who he is now and who he will become. Even more dauntingly, once Sean is sent back to the past, "Future Sean" has to deal with the consequences of all the versions of his multiple selves’ actions.