This short film was directed by Nanobah Becker. It was featured in the third season of the PBS series FUTURESTATES on May 8, 2012.
Tazbah Redhouse (Jeneesa Benally) is a Navajo astronaut on a mission to colonize Mars. The night before, she has a dream she does not understand.
Tropes from this work include:
- The Federation: All nations have come together, including the Navajo nation.
- Gaia's Lament: Humans must colonize Mars because Earth is unusable.
- Ignored Expert: The Navajo General Bahe is creeped out by the spaceship corn, which has been genetically modified to have very few unusable parts like husks or tassels.
- MegaCorp: The Omnicorn Corporation colonizes Mars with their special breed of corn.
- Phlebotinum Breakdown: The genetically-modified corn stops producing oxygen, endangering the colonization mission.
