Xiao Jie, a cheeky Nanyang Primary student, is forced by his mother, an NYGH alumna, to attend her former teacher's birthday celebrations. Over the course of the celebrations, Xiao Jie develops an appreciation for his school’s rich heritage through mini narratives set in the 1930s and 80s. The film also features actual interviews of alumni, who share the highlights of their school lives.
In 1987, the Singapore government, using the Internal Security Act, arrested 22 people in what was called "Operation Spectrum". These people were held indefinitely without trial, physically and mentally tortured, and coerced into admitting that they were guilty of a "Marxist conspiracy" on public television. In this film, ex-detainees share what they experienced during that time.
A crise financeira mundial que aconteceu em 2008, causou a perda de milhões de empregos e casas e mergulhou os Estados Unidos em uma profunda recessão econômica. Matt Damon narra um documentário que fornece uma análise detalhada dos elementos que levaram ao colapso e identifica peças-chave do mundo financeiro e político. O diretor Charles Ferguson realiza uma gama de entrevistas e traça a história dos Estados Unidos para a China para a Islândia e para outros mercados financeiros mundiais.
