Priest Daens tells the story of a courageous priest who fights for the rights of the working class in the 1890s. He confronts the powerful bourgeoisie and the injustices they inflict on the working people, including poverty, starvation, and child labor. His efforts to improve working conditions and social welfare lead to tension with the Catholic Church and the conservative establishment. In his quest for justice, he faces violence, vandalism, and even rape. This period drama explores themes of love, faith, and social inequality.
Character assassination. Political assassination. Legal assassination. An actual assassination attempt. They will try anything to stop Trump. We can’t let them!
"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespread voter fraud in order to justify the necessity for new and draconian voting restrictions.
F@ck This Job (2021) is a documentary that explores the high-risk environment of journalism in Russia, focusing on the challenges faced by independent media and the impact of state propaganda. The film delves into topics such as press freedom, censorship, and the safety of journalists. It follows the journey of a television producer as she navigates through the complexities of reporting in a dictatorship, highlighting the idealism, enthusiasm, and realism that come with the job. Faced with cyber-attacks, political protests, and threats to their lives, journalists strive to uphold the principles of journalism and the freedom of the press.
A newspaper man investigates corruption in a small town and gets caught up in a web of lies, jealousy, and revenge.
An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933.
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
In 2010, an unemployed veteran with no money and no campaign experience stunned the political establishment by winning the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in South Carolina. Becoming an overnight media sensation, Alvin Greene's enigmatic and unconventional bid was plagued by chaos, scandal and controversy. —Winning Streak Films
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