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- Portrays human bravery and resilience after a tragic volcano disaster in New Zealand.
- Examining the months since the tragedies, which caused global panic in March 2019 after two new aircrafts crashed within five months, killing 346 people.
- Explores the rise and fall of the Synanon organization through the eyes of the members who lived it, from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.
- An urgent warning about the future of the global refugee crisis. Personal perspectives reveal the plight, history, and prospects of refugees in a world where human displacement is fast becoming the 21st century's defining challenge.
- Véronique leaves her gilded cage of romantic expectations, embarking on a bicycle ride through a looking glass, encountering surreal characters and schisms in reality, waking up along the way. Inspired by the French New Wave films of Jean-Luc Godard, Véronique à vélo features several references to his unique directorial style, from mirror gags to dance steps to jump cuts.
- Recovering alcoholic Chuck opens a storefront rehabilitation program in 1958, offering addicts a space for emotional catharsis. It grows into a nationwide movement, with thousands claiming it saved their lives.
- Synanon transforms into a communal society with its own farm, school and businesses. Chuck establishes "The Synanon Religion" to maintain tax-exempt status. He enforces extreme rules like head shaving and separating children from parents.
- Chuck's leadership of a rehabilitation program takes an authoritarian turn, enforcing strict rules and harsh punishments, disrupting members' personal lives, and prompting a public backlash that fuels his growing paranoia.
- In 1977, the abduction of Frances Winn by the Synanon cult leads to legal battle. As media scrutiny intensifies, Chuck makes massive firearms purchase. Chuck's life spirals downward until his demise, leaving Synanon's followers to pick up.