Anatomy of a Scene: How to Have an American Baby

In a remote Siberian coal mining city, residents discover deadly gases seeping from an abandoned mine into their homes. Local journalist Natalia Zubkova begins investigating, but her viral reporting triggers an aggressive government cover-up. Facing mounting pressure from authorities, she risks everything to expose an environmental catastrophe that threatens her entire community.

When three children die of leukemia in a rural Mexican community, two mothers partner with a hydrogeologist to investigate their water supply. The discovery of dangerous radioactivity leads to community backlash and government denial. As they uncover how industrial farming is tapping ancient, contaminated aquifers, their fight for justice shows the personal cost of exposing environmental threats.

Residents from Oaxacan town Niltepec alchemize blue indigo pigment from the jiquilite plant (Indigofera suffruticosa). Residents of all ages revisit the ancient practice of their Zapotec and Zoque ancestors, despite the increasing challenges of climate change and lack of governmental subsidies, in what we hope turns out to be The New Indigo Wave.