Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that th...

Runtime

2h

Director

Peter Kassovitz

Cast

Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon

In 2014, when Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, fell to the Islamic State, the creation of dozens of factions was seen as the solution to organize the Shiite youth who had risen up en masse to fight Daesh and protect Baghdad, which was under threat. These factions were supposed to be a temporary force. In reality, they have never been...

Director

Anne Poiret

A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Michael Moore

Cast

Tony Benn, Tucker Albrizzi, Reggie Cervantes

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Runtime

2h 59m

Director

George Stevens

Cast

Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at tha...

Runtime

30m

Director

Luis Buñuel

Cast

Abel Jacquin, Francisco Rabal, Alexandre O'Neill