Linguist, intellectual and activist, Noam Chomsky discusses and reflects on the state of world events including the War in Iraq, September 11th, the War on Terror, Media Manipulation and Control, Social Activism, Fear, and American Foreign Policy in both large forums and in small interactive discussions with other intellectuals, activists, fans, students and critics. Interwoven, is Dr. Carol Chomsky, Noam's wife and manager who reflects on what drives Noam and what life is like with him. Other candid reflections about Noam Chomsky and his thoughts, work and influence are offered by others throughout the film.

L'amant de lady Chatterley / Lady Chatterley's Lover - by Marc Allégret (1955)

Sir Clifford Chatterley, a wealthy pit owner, is wheelchair bound as a result of wounds sustained during the war. His wife Constance continues to love him even though their conjugal life is at an end. Sir Clifford is so desperate for an heir to his great fortune that he suggests his wife should become pregnant by another man. Constance is shocked by this proposal; she cannot bear the idea of being unfaithful to her husband. Then she meets Mellors, Sir Clifford’s gamekeeper.

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea - by Peter Greenaway (2004)

Tulse Luper is a 20th century everyman whose collection of 92 suitcases intersects with every person, event and movement in history. Here in the second of a three part story, we find him working in a cinema, which gives him ample opportunity to cross paths with virtually every artistic device and dramatic character known to man.

Robert Duvall is Jackson Fentry, a young man who leaves his father’s farm to work at a local sawmill. Fentry rescues a young pregnant woman, who has been abandoned by her husband and family, and the two fall in love.