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As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane recounts his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers, but Souleymane is not ready.

An ordinary man named Ramírez goes to work like any other day. But this time, something is different. As the day goes on, he begins to notice that there’s something strange about his coworkers… and about himself as well.

In a suffocating, cold, paper-filled space, a young man named Pelikan produces a golden paperclip from his body and a glowing force takes everything from him, revealing the cost of being noticed by an endless consuming system.

During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and juke-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve helps organize against the buyer, leading to further escalation ending in a lynch mob.

Filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo reunite with investigative authors Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to take a fresh look at our efficient yet vulnerable food system.

A single mother working as a film extra dreams of landing bigger roles while struggling with the harsh realities of the entertainment industry.