年輕的律師甘地，在南非旅行時，目睹了自己的同胞受到的欺凌，熟讀法律的他，發動不流血抗爭，終於為他的印度同爭取到合理的待遇。這時有人跟他說，他怎麼不回到印度，為國人爭取更多的平等。 回到印度，他發現印度的問題真的很嚴重，而且民眾普遍的無知，更是他們無法改善環境、不知什麼是平等的主因。於是，他不但積極拄動社會運動，更到全國各地宣傳他的理念、教育他的同胞。政府當局理所當然視他為頭號敵人，百般刁難，甚至發動鎮暴警察鎮壓他們的抗爭活動，而堅持不流血革命的甘地，以靜坐、絕食，表達他的不滿，甚至在面對英軍的槍砲彈藥時，他依然堅持他的理念。
故事講述分為記者與國會議員、大學教授、身陷戰場的兩位士兵，同一時間共三條支線的人物間展開，探討九一一事件後，深受美國民眾注目的反恐話題與反戰議題。 長達四年僵持不下的美伊戰爭，耗盡民眾對戰事的耐心，也讓美國社會對於反戰議題輿論紛紛。國會參議員賈斯柏（湯姆克魯斯飾）為了利益，延請資深政治記者珍妮羅絲（梅莉史翠普飾）為更激進的「新戰略」背書，以推動戰事延展。另一方面，滿懷理想的大學教授史蒂芬（勞勃瑞福飾），則針對反戰議題向學生進行授課。 此時，戰場卻傳來教授前學生（德瑞克路克飾）與恩尼斯（麥可貝納飾），兩名美國大兵失聯的消息，毅然投筆從戎參與對伊戰爭，卻身陷戰場命懸前線的兩人立刻引起國人的注意。 野心勃勃的政客參議員賈斯柏、鍥而不捨的記者珍寧羅斯，與受到學生嚴重質疑的教授，各為自己所屬的立場展開激烈的辯証。
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided his beleaguered nation through the crucible of the war years--even as his marriage was encountering its own struggles.
A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue.
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
Manu Aranguren is a Basque politician who acts as a mediator for the Spanish government in its negotiations with ETA. Far from being a solemn, calculated occasion, unexpected occurrences, slip-ups or misunderstandings soon kick in to influence the dialogue. And the personal relationship between negotiators will be key in solving the conflict.
The 580 days that president-elect Lula, from Workers Party, spent in prison are the subject of the documentary "Visita, Presidente". The feature brings together unpublished stories of figures who were beside him in prison.
Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical drama film that follows the relations between Finland and the Soviet Union. In December 1917, the Finnish delegation, composed of Chairman of the Senate Finance Department P.E. Svinhufvud (Vilho Siivola), Senator Carl Enckell (Yrjö Tähtelä) and State Secretary Gustaf Idman (Yrjö Paulo) arrive in St. Petersburg to meet V.I. Lenin (Kirill Lavrov) to gain recognition for the country's independence.
Although specific to time and place, the film is timeless and universal in its observations of a conflict between an Indigenous minority and a powerful government.
About Aborigines and Australian politics. On 13 March 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of the Aurukun Aboriginal Reserve from the Uniting Church. The people of Aurukun complained bitterly, believing that the Church was more sympathetic to their aims and fearing that the State was merely seeking easier access to the rich bauxite deposits on their Reserve. When the Federal Government took the side of the Aborigines the stage was set for national confrontation. Shows the situation at Aurukun during those crucial three weeks.
'History is always made in the middle of the night. And when it happens, you are so damned tired, that you couldn't care less,' says Robert Cooper, an EU peace negotiator whose job it is to get Serbia and Kosovo to reach an agreement about peaceful coexistence. National pride and compromise are on everyone's lips, and much is at stake: Kosovo wants to come closer to independence, the Serbs have been promised EU membership if they can reach an agreement, and the EU tries to strengthen its credibility. But how far is each party willing to go? It is the unique characters that make this fascinating film about a delicate political game so vivid and loveable. The stoic, Serbian negotiator has a great passion for rock music, his colleague from Kosovo does not want to miss out on his daily visit to the hairdresser, and Cooper himself has a closet full of ties - one for every conceivable occasion.
The chronicle of the process, ten long years, that led to the end of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), a Basque terrorist gang that perpetrated robberies, kidnappings and murders in Spain and the French Basque Country for more than fifty years. Almost 1,000 people died, but others are still alive to tell the story of how the nightmare finally ended.