Amidst the chaos of massive budget cuts and school closures, a young female teacher introduces men's rugby to an inner-city North Philadelphia high school.
In 1997, 17-year old Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank and went to prison for it; then he went to NYU film school and made this movie about his life. The movie presents itself as an act of atonement, and an attempt by Monroe to understand himself and the social forces that drove him to a life of crime. Executive produced by Spike Lee, who was one of Monroe's professors at NYU.
A trama gira em torno da jovem Emily Hawkins (Rooney Mara), que acaba de ver o marido (Channing Tatum) ser libertado da prisão por um crime de colarinho branco. Mesmo aliviada, Emily tem crises de depressão e busca a ajuda de medicamentos prescritos para conter a ansiedade. Ela também busca amparo num tratamento psicológico, lidando com profissionais (Jude Law e Catherine Zeta-Jones). O tratamento, por mais que comece de forma positiva, vai gerar consequências inesperadas na vida da jovem.
Inspired by true events, The Zoo is a short film highlighting the black experience during the Holocaust. This particular journey follows the unlikely relationship between an Afro-German prisoner and his captor, a Nazi scientist conducting brutal experiments as Hitler seeks to colonize Africa.
