Executive Producer
The Story of Plastic is a seething expose uncovering the ugly truth behind the current global plastic pollution crisis. Striking footage shot over three continents illustrates the ongoing catastrophe: fields full of garbage, veritable mountains of trash; rivers and seas clogged with waste; and skies choked with the poisonous runoff from plastic production and recycling processes with no end in sight. Original animations, interviews with experts and activists, and never-before-filmed scenes reveal the disastrous consequences of the flood of plastic smothering ecosystems and poisoning communities around the world – and the global movement rising up in response.
Executive Producer
It influences elections and sways outcomes -- gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the system.
Dinner Table Guest
In October 2009, the filmmakers went into an abandoned psychiatric hospital to explore the 'haunted' institution, famous for its radical treatment of patients with mental illness. Electroshock, insulin therapy, and lobotomies were commonplace. Once inside, the filmmakers quickly discovered that they were not alone.
Woman at the Met #2
Após cumprir pena por fraudes financeiras, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) deixa a prisão. Impossibilitado de operar no mercado financeiro, ele dedica seu tempo a realizar palestras e a escrever um livro, onde critica o comportamento de risco dos mercados. Um dia, após uma das palestras, ele é abordado por Jacob Moore (Shia LaBeouf), um operador idealista do mercado de Wall Street. Ele vive com Winnie (Carey Mulligan), filha de Gekko que não fala mais com ele, e usa esta proximidade para conseguir sua atenção. Jacob quer conselhos sobre como agir com Bretton James (James Brolin), um grande investidor que fez com que seu mentor, Lewis Zabel (Frank Langella), tivesse que vender sua tradicional empresa por uma ninharia. Gekko decide ajudá-lo, pedindo em troca que Jacob o ajude a se reaproximar de Winnie.
