Politics, Corruption, Global Power

[Mary]

This thread is to share movies that made you emotional and had themes relating to politics, corruption, global power

[julie_bennion]

Title: The Bitter Sweet Truth About Tea (2015)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/M5N32TAiUMw

Contributed By: Julie Bennion

"I am learning a lot that I've never heard before on the history of tea production ~ including the enslavement of workers & the corruption of the english government, which caused 2 opium wars in China & certainly caused massive addiction to opium in that region. I'm pretty blown away, again, by the extreme ends we will use to feed our addictions... until I/we "will" Not to."

[Nicky]

Title: Blood Diamond (2006)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Contributed By: Nicky Primetica

"Portrays the greed and corruption involved in Western society regarding the "blood" diamond business in Sierra Leone. A ton of political unrest ensues as a result where people fight for survival."

[maureen]

Title: Spotlight (2015)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Contributed By: Maureen

"The film follows The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States, and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. It is based on a series of stories by the "Spotlight" team that earned The Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service."

[Nicky]

Title: Pawn Sacrifice (2014)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596345/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Contributed By: Alexander Johan

"It's about the late chess legend Bobby Fischer and his deteriorating mental health state. I put it in fear of spirits, because I think paranoia is a very fear-based space, brought on by spirits purposefully exacerbating social and political fears."

[Nicky]

Title: The Handmaid’s Tale (2017)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Contributed By: Amanda Stracey

[Nicky]

Title: The Big Short (2015)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Contributed By: Shane Doyle

[Nicky]

Title: Bridge of Spies (2015)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682448/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Contributed By: Shane Doyle