In March 2020, the world shuts down. Billions of people were confined to their homes by a virus. As it became clear that only a vaccine could stop the pandemic, a race began between the four great powers: the USA, Europe, Russia and China. The first to develop a vaccine would gain a significant advantage in global geopolitics.
India, the world's largest democracy, has never been a more overtly nationalistic country than since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.
This documentary puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented. Featuring damning testimony from public health officials and hard investigative reporting, director Alex Gibney reveals a system-wide collapse caused by a profound dereliction of presidential leadership.
In times of rampant populism and increasing distrust of the elite, the filmmaker accompanies the 81-year-old founder of the controversial World Economic Forum over the period of one year in his efforts to implement his leitmotif: to improve the state of the world. Can the WEF contribute to solving global problems? Or is it rather an integral part of the problem?
Фильм рассказывает о том, насколько близко человечество подошло к энергетической революции. Бывший вице-президент США Альберт Гор поддерживает идею, согласно которой экологическую угрозу можно предотвратить благодаря человеческой изобретательности и страсти, хотя ставки высоки, как никогда. Он путешествует по всему миру, влияя на международную политику в области климата, а камера следует за ним по пятам, фиксируя моменты частные и публичные, забавные и острые.
