Jacobo Árbenz

Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara's controversial story told by the Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II. He revisits places where the guerrilla and revolutionary leader has passed and interviews people who knew Che, making revelations about this important figure in Cuba's political history.

Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".

99년 4월 20일 별다를 것 없는 아침. 콜로라도의 소년 에릭과 딜란은 볼링을 하러 갔다. 그런데 그 날, 콜로라도 리틀톤의 콜럼바인 고교에서 끔찍한 총격사건이 벌어졌다. 평소 트렌치코트 마피아라고 자칭했던 에릭과 딜란이 900여발의 총알을 시원하게 날려 학생 열 둘에 교사 한 명을 죽이고, 자기네들도 그 자리에서 스스로 목숨을 끊은 것이다. 사건이 일어나기 1시간 전, 클린턴 대통령은 코소보 전역에 걸쳐 미군 대공습을 발표했다. 누구의 책임일까를 궁금해 하던 마이클 무어는 무작정 세계 최대 무기 메이커 록히드 마틴사를 찾아간다.

Before his journey into exile Jacobo Arbenz, the overthrown President of Guatemala, is presented to photographers stripped down to his underwear: an image seen around the world. Arbenz had led the successful 1944 revolt against the military dictatorship, a regime that had oppressed Guatemala since colonialism. Arbenz, the son of Swiss immigrants, was celebrated as a national hero. Elected President in 1950, Arbenz was not a member of any party - he didn't issue any manifestos. But he began to fulfill his promises - farmers got their own land. 'The first act of justice since colonial times,' said Arbenz. In the early 1950s, with the Cold War intensifying, then Vice President Richard Nixon said, 'Arbenz is not a Guatemalan President.' Nixon called him 'a foreigner, manipulated by foreign powers.' The young President of Guatemala was soon overthrown, declared a traitor, and chased out of the country.