Forested Future explores our complex relationship with forests in a world of eight billion people, uncovering unexpected reasons for hope. With a meditative, observational style, the film follows characters whose lives and sense of identity are inseparable from the hardwood forests in which they live and work in. Featuring encounters with Native American tribespeople, foresters, and an architect on a journey to source sustainable timber, the forests of the Appalachian Mountains emerge as a realm that hangs in balance, but where traditions of harmonious stewardship can help us rediscover how to meet material needs by harnessing the regenerative power of nature.