Abril de 1994. En Joe Connor ha arribat per fer classes a Rwanda perquè creu que pot marcar una diferència. Quan l'escola es converteix en un refugi per milers de ruandesos que escapen del genocidi, Joe promet a la seva alumna més brillant, la Marie, que els soldats de l'ONU la protegiran de la multitud de militars extremistes a la recerca de sang fora de l'escola. Però quan l'ONU abandona als refugiats, Joe i el director de l'escola, el Pare Christopher, s'enfronten a un angoixant dilema: han de marxar o han de quedar-se amb els ruandesos. Mentre els camions de l'ONU prenen el seu camí a través dels terroritzats refugiats, Joe mira la cara plena de llàgrimes de la Marie i es pregunta, què ha de fer?
Un presumpte terrorista egipci "desapareix" en un vol des d'Àfrica a Washington DC. La seva esposa americana i un analista de la CIA, es veuen atrapats en una lluita per obtenir el seu alliberament d'un centre de detenció secret en algun lloc fora dels EUA...
The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Władysław Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion shown through the eyes of one Polish town.
A young Argentinian reporter is writing an article about snuff films - which depict real torture, rape and murder of people. But seeking the films and those behind them might backfire. She herself is in danger of becoming one of the suffering.
In a simple but powerful way, director Ryszard Czekala presents the horror that happened in Nazi concentration camps: prisoners’ dread, humiliation and lost humanity. Its directness and style is sometimes interpreted as a response to the trend of allegorical and philosophical filmmaking that dominated Polish animation in the 1960s.
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.
The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.