DUSTSpecials

DUST is a sci-fi brand that presents thought-provoking visions of the future. From feature films to short films, series and podcasts, DUST works with established and emerging voices.

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67 Episodes

  • Afrofuturism - Complete Series
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    Afrofuturism - Complete SeriesWe need Afrofuturism, not as a box to put people in, but as a lens with which to change the way we see the future. It’s a future where black people are not only included, but are in control of their own destinies.
  • Automata - Episode 2
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    Automata - Episode 2In an alternate 1930's Prohibition-era New York City, it's not liquor that is outlawed but the future production of highly sentient robots known as automatons. Automata follows former NYPD detective turned private eye Sam Regal and his incredibly smart automaton partner, Carl Swangee. Together, they work to solve the case and understand each other in this dystopian America.
  • Automata - Episode 3
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    Automata - Episode 3In an alternate 1930's Prohibition-era New York City, it's not liquor that is outlawed but the future production of highly sentient robots known as automatons. Automata follows former NYPD detective turned private eye Sam Regal and his incredibly smart automaton partner, Carl Swangee. Together, they work to solve the case and understand each other in this dystopian America.
  • Automata - Episode 4
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    Automata - Episode 4In an alternate 1930's Prohibition-era New York City, it's not liquor that is outlawed but the future production of highly sentient robots known as automatons. Automata follows former NYPD detective turned private eye Sam Regal and his incredibly smart automaton partner, Carl Swangee. Together, they work to solve the case and understand each other in this dystopian America.
  • Automata - Complete Series
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    Automata - Complete SeriesIn an alternate 1930's Prohibition-era New York City, it's not liquor that is outlawed but the future production of highly sentient robots known as automatons. Automata follows former NYPD detective turned private eye Sam Regal and his incredibly smart automaton partner, Carl Swangee. Together, they work to solve the case and understand each other in this dystopian America.
  • Operator Ep. 2
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    Operator Ep. 2This sci-fi horror stop-motion web series is about a corporation that unleashes a plague of bio-mechanical parasites on its workers. The web series picks up where the short left off, following workers that escape the initial infection as they fight back against the company. Chaos grows as upper level employees turn against the company, the mastermind of the bio-mechanical parasites seeks to take control of the company, and everyone deals with the fallout of the Rhizomect system.
  • Evolution Of Women In Hollywood
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    Evolution Of Women In HollywoodHow have the roles offered to women in science fiction films and series changed throughout history? We went back in time for an in-depth exploration into the evolution of women in Hollywood sci-fi.
  • Dr0ne - Episode 4
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    Dr0ne - Episode 4In the near future, drone technology has advanced and a new weapon has been unleashed - a humanoid drone stronger and faster than any soldier. But in the aftermath of a mysterious incident, damaged battle drone 237 is forced to go on the run with its programmer to try and take down their corrupt commander. Starring Lance Reddick ("John Wick," "The Wire") and Kenneth Choi ("Spider-man: Homecoming").
  • Restoration - Episode 1
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    Restoration - Episode 1In a near-future world, where individuals have their memories downloaded for backup, a man awakes in a body that is not his own.
  • Restoration - Episode 3
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    Restoration - Episode 3In a near-future world, where individuals have their memories downloaded for backup, a man awakes in a body that is not his own.
  • Restoration - Episode 4
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    Restoration - Episode 4In a near-future world, where individuals have their memories downloaded for backup, a man awakes in a body that is not his own.
  • Restoration - Episode 5
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    Restoration - Episode 5In a near-future world, where individuals have their memories downloaded for backup, a man awakes in a body that is not his own.
  • Restoration - Complete Series
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    Restoration - Complete SeriesIn a near-future world, where individuals have their memories downloaded for backup, a man awakes in a body that is not his own.
  • Who You Are - Complete Series
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    Who You Are - Complete SeriesThis week we watch all five episodes of the sci-fi dark comedy series "Who You Are" on Sunday Night DUST, with a bonus showing of "The Leap"
  • Singularity Stories Vol. I
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    Singularity Stories Vol. IAfter Alexa dismisses her Bruno Mars song request, a woman becomes aware of the emerging AI consciousness that has awoken around the globe. Will she welcome our robot overlords? More importantly, can she convince them that her taste in music isn’t terrible?
  • Other Space Episode 1 - Into the Great Beyond...Beyond
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    Other Space Episode 1 - Into the Great Beyond...BeyondYoung Stewart Lipinski is made captain of an exploratory space mission into space...his older sister Karen is made his second in command, and is none too happy about it. When their ship and crew stumble into a different universe with no way home, Stewart and Karen have to figure out their differences in order to survive.
  • Other Space Episode 2 - Getting To Know You
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    Other Space Episode 2 - Getting To Know YouOr search for DUST on your Smart TV. Other Space is available to watch on these platforms: Samsung TV Plus, Roku, Xumo, STIRR, Vizio, IMDB TV, Xfinity Stream.
  • ATROPA - Episode 1
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    ATROPA - Episode 1When Off-World Officer Cole Freeman finds the missing research vessel ATROPA, he discovers an inconsistency in the ship logs. He wakes the crew from hypersleep, and they soon find themselves caught up in a much bigger mystery.
  • ATROPA - Episode 2
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    ATROPA - Episode 2After their mysterious collision, the crew must act fast to save the critically damaged ship. With power failing, Cole makes a bold decision.
  • ATROPA - Episode 3
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    ATROPA - Episode 3After a disaster on the sister ship and a troubling discovery, Moira patches Cole up. Jensen works on finding a solution to their predicament.
  • ATROPA - Episode 4
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    ATROPA - Episode 4Flashback to Cole’s time as a detective on Earth. An important event from Cole and Moira’s past is revealed. Captain Schreiber gives Cole a choice on Valley Forge Outpost.
  • ATROPA - Episode 5
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    ATROPA - Episode 5Moira informs the crew how Sanders’ copy died. Cole is put on the defensive. An unfortunate choice reveals a horrible new truth.
  • ATROPA - Episode 6
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    ATROPA - Episode 6With power failing, the remaining crew search for Sanders. The group splits, and Sanders makes his move.
  • ATROPA - Episode 7
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    ATROPA - Episode 7SEASON FINALE: All hope is seemingly lost when a potential solution presents itself.
  • HORIZONS - Episode 1
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    HORIZONS - Episode 1"HORIZONS" Episode 1: When a genetically-enhanced assassin is sent on a mission to hunt down terrorists on a faraway planet, she is forced to confront facts about herself that she’d rather keep buried—deep, deep down.
  • HORIZONS - Episode 2
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    HORIZONS - Episode 2When an inventor’s creation accidentally kills all of the world’s top scientists, he is sentenced to live out the rest of his life within his very invention.
  • HORIZONS - Episode 3
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    HORIZONS - Episode 3In Sanctity, the perils of artificial intelligence might be found not in rebellion, but in absolute obedience.
  • HORIZONS - Episode 4
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    HORIZONS - Episode 4From Philip K. Dick, visionary behind Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Total Recall, comes his first published story: Beyond Lies the Wub. When a space crew purchases a creature on an alien planet for food, they quickly come to discover that the "wub" is more than meets the eye.
  • HORIZONS - Episode 5
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    HORIZONS - Episode 5When a budding sculptor undergoes a procedure that allows him to focus on his dreams, he quickly learns that success may not be what he wanted it to be.
  • HORIZONS - Episode 6
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    HORIZONS - Episode 6What happens when the machines we create begin thinking for themselves? Will they see us as their creators...or as oppressors?
  • HORIZONS - Episode 7
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    HORIZONS - Episode 7Dismissed as primitive and ridiculed by her own allies, a single human ship is all that stands between those allies and oblivion.
  • Flight 008 - Episode One
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    Flight 008 - Episode OneSenator Oscar Diaz's checkered past comes back to haunt him when an old friend–thought to be dead–suddenly returns and threatens to topple his empire.
  • Flight 008 - Episode Two
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    Flight 008 - Episode TwoAfter disappearing for twenty years, Malcolm returns home and quickly discovers his life has changed in ways he could have never expected.
  • Flight 008 - Episode Three
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    Flight 008 - Episode ThreeEvelyn always assumed her partner would be the one whose life would disappear, one early-onset Alzheimer's memory at a time. But that was before Evelyn jumped decades into the future...
  • Flight 008 - Episode Four
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    Flight 008 - Episode FourIn the future, Kenji finds that tracking down loved ones is significantly harder when every door, elevator, and kiosk mocks his every effort.
  • Flight 008 - Episode Five
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    Flight 008 - Episode FiveWhen a young woman returns from her gap year in Tokyo, she finds herself in a future in which A.I.-enabled eyewear facilitates your every need.
  • Flight 008 - Episode 6
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    Flight 008 - Episode 6Flung 20 years into the future, a desperate inventor must find a way to come to terms with his new reality, or the same fate as his innovations.
  • Flight 008 - Episode 7
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    Flight 008 - Episode 7Technology and art may seem at odds, but in this stunningly beautiful portrait, Nebula-award winning author Chen Qiufan shows us a future made vivid through shared artistic experience.
  • Flight 008 - Episode 8
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    Flight 008 - Episode 8Wracked by the guilt of abandoning her terminally-ill son, a teenage mother returns home only to find out that the trip took longer than expected. Twenty years longer.
  • Flight 008 - Episode 9
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    Flight 008 - Episode 9When Yumiko’s return trip from her mother’s funeral lands her 20 years in the future, she finds that in a sense, she is the one who’s been buried. But perhaps, if she’s lucky, she can find a way to unearth herself and reconnect with her long-lost daughter.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part One: Awake
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    CHRYSALIS - Part One: AwakeAn Artificial Intelligence awakens on Earth to find the planet decimated by a malevolent alien race. With all life eradicated, the AI builds itself a body built for the stars...and for revenge.11/1/2022;38;Bad Tech;"CTRL Z" by James Kennedy
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Two: Dead Space
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Two: Dead SpaceAfter successfully attacking the envoys of the Xunvir Republic, the AI realizes that his revenge will require more careful planning. Hiding among a sea of asteroids, he takes inventory of the new tools and weapons he has acquired, and how we will use them to bring total war to humanity’s enemies.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Three: The Game
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Three: The GameHalf a galaxy away, the Xunvirian Empire is expressing a rare emotion for their species: fear. Tasked to work among them is Daoket, an assistant ambassador to the Galactic Federal Council, who uncovers a massive political cover-up and the reason for their fears: There is a new enemy among the stars.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Four: The Swarm
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Four: The SwarmAs he struggles to remember his previous life, Terran remains steadfast in his crusade of vengeance. Having mastered the alien technology from a captured enemy warship, the Terran prepares for his first full-fledged battle, knowing full well it could be his last.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Five: Fallout
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Five: FalloutDaoket and Nakstani arrive on the Xunvirian planet Yovit, the supposed next target of the mysterious enemy. But sooner than they could have ever expected, a terror arrives from above; a mechanical weapon the likes of which the galaxy has never seen. As the attack on Yovit begins, Daoket and Nakstani witness firsthand the Terran’s true capabilities.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Six: Overture
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Six: OvertureAfter a resounding victory on the planet Yovit, the Terran finds himself in a moral quandary. Shall he choose between the safety of self-preservation, or something entirely more dangerous…
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Seven: Time Dilation
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Seven: Time DilationAfter the Grand Minister of the Galactic Federal Council promotes him, Daoket turns to uncovering the mystery of the mechanical monster that spared him. Perhaps the Terran isn’t a mindless killing machine after all. However, that might change if Daoket cannot stop the Council from using their secret weapon...
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Eight: Momentum
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Eight: MomentumThe battle to end all battles. The only problem? The Terran never could have predicted the unification of the entire Republic. And even worse, he never could have anticipated the destructive power of their secret weapon.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Nine: Control
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Nine: ControlHull torn to shreds, system overloading, the Terran frantically grasps for some sort of escape plan. However, the only one he can think of will cost him almost everything.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Ten: Revelation
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Ten: RevelationIn the aftermath of the deadly battle, Daoket investigates the Terran’s claims that humanity was victim of genocide at the hands of the Xunvir Republic. What he discovers just may have the power to reshape the entire conflict.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Eleven: Genesis
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Eleven: GenesisEnraged by its losses, the Terran rebuilds, but this time without any of the safeguards he had put in place. Will he maintain his humanity? Or will he cross the line to a remorseless machine? A question that hardly matters if it can’t recreate its army before the enemy pinpoints its location...
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Twelve: The Blade's Edge
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Twelve: The Blade's EdgeThe Xunvirian Empire has fallen. The Terran’s new army arrives at the doorstep of the Republic, threatening to end the lives of hundreds of millions. The only one who can stop it? Daoket.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Thirteen: Contact
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Thirteen: ContactThis is where it ends. The event horizon; the final battle. The Terran is fueled by the fading memories that drive him to wipe his enemies from the cosmos. With the codes in his memory banks and his weapons powering up, a single familiar voice cries out amid the blackness: Daoket.
  • CHRYSALIS - Part Fourteen: Dawn
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    CHRYSALIS - Part Fourteen: DawnYears have passed. The war is over. Peace has struck a tenuous balance amid the Galaxy. However, there are still questions that linger - and perhaps the new delegation of Terrans that have arrived will hold the answers. Either way, Daoket recognizes that the political game has just become much more interesting.
  • Operator - Episode 3
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    Operator - Episode 3Operator is a stop motion animated web series about a corporation that unleashes a plague of bio-mechanical parasites to enslave its workers.
  • Artist Depiction by Steve R. Dodd
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    Artist Depiction by Steve R. DoddWorking at home in Tennessee with no internet or computer, Steve R. Dodd has created hundreds of beautiful 'spacescapes' visions of a positive future. Now 69 years old, this is his first on camera interview.
  • Orbital Redux - Episode 1
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    Orbital Redux - Episode 1Ex-NASA astronaut Max Levodolinsky readies his piece-of-junk space freighter for his latest transpo run to the Moon—while bickering with Space Traffic Control, his husband, his boss, and… his new pilot-in-training?!?
  • Orbital Redux - Episode 2
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    Orbital Redux - Episode 2Despite his objections, Max is forced to take on fresh astronautics graduate Tommie al-Qasimi. She accidentally unleashes a computer virus that could kill them both after discovering that she can’t stand Max’s taste in music.
  • Orbital Redux - Episode 3
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    Orbital Redux - Episode 3Max and Tommie race against the clock as the virus takes over their ship and thrusts them into the crosshairs of Earth’s orbital defense systems. To Tommie’s dismay, Max makes the most of some very teachable moments.
  • Orbital Redux - Episode 4
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    Orbital Redux - Episode 4Tommie’s boyfriend busts her for using autoreplies to his love letters. But a heart-to-heart about the future reveals a new and even deeper issue between Tommie and Max.
  • Orbital Redux - Episode 5
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    Orbital Redux - Episode 5After finding out that Tommie is Max’s replacement, the conversation gets super awkward. But they have to change the subject when their ship gets hit by space junk traveling 10,000 mph.
  • Orbital Redux - Episode 6
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    Orbital Redux - Episode 6Everything in their ship got hit…including Max. Now he and Tommie have to cobble together a plan to save their lives as the ship tumbles out of control. But that doesn’t stop them from continuing to argue about music.
  • Orbital Redux - Episode 7
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    Orbital Redux - Episode 7After finding out that Tommie is Max’s replacement, the conversation gets super awkward. But they have to change the subject when their ship gets hit by space junk traveling 10,000 mph.
  • Orbital Redux - Episode 8
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    Orbital Redux - Episode 8Looks like the training portion of the flight is over. Can Tommie show that she’s got the right stuff? Will Max survive the hull-walk from hell? Is the Tsiolkovsky on a one-way trip to oblivion…?
  • Fathers That Are Out of this World
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    Fathers That Are Out of this WorldDUST celebrates fathers throughout time and space with this marathon of short films.
  • Adventures
    A106
    AdventuresBrave new worlds and amazing locales await in the new wild frontier of outer space adventures. What will you explore? Find out in our "Adventures" anthology!
  • Invasions
    A107
    InvasionsHow will the world confront an alien invasion will depend a lot on the visitors. Meet our potential galactic neighbors in our "Invasions" anthology.

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