2021 WGA Predictions
Updated February 18th, 2021
1. Totally Under Control
Film-maker Alex Gibney scrutinises the US response to the pandemic compared with South Korea. On 20 January 2020 both countries discovered their first cases of Covid-19. Since then, however, the novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of over 220,000 Americans, while only claiming 447 lives in South Korea, at the time of publication.
2. All In: The Fight for Democracy
The documentary takes a look at the history, and current activism against voter suppression; barriers to voting that most people don't even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
3. The Dissident
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover-up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
4. Red Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins form a partnership with the Russian national hockey team after the fall of the Soviet Union.
5. Herb Alpert Is...
Amazing talents of Herb Alpert, misconceptions about his heritage. The many performers he helped with launching their popularity.