Ayad Akhtar

Débâcle à Wall Street : En 2008, l'économie américaine est secouée par la crise des subprimes. Le monde vacille. Henry Paulson, nommé par George W. Bush au poste de secrétaire au Trésor, est chargé d'élaborer un plan pour sauver les banques de la faillite. Les sommes mises en jeu, quelques 700 milliards de dollars, représentent le plus gros investissement jamais programmé pour éviter un « big crash ». Henry Paulson devient ainsi l'une des personnalités les plus importantes de la planète.

A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.

After being assigned to check a bizarre fact about Bill Murray's love for drinking milk, two magazine fact checkers break into Bill's house to spy on him.

The Pulitzer at 100, by Oscar and Emmy winning director Kirk Simon, is a ninety-minute independent documentary released in conjunction with the Pulitzer Centennial in April 2016. This film is told through the riveting stories of the artists that have won the prestigious prize. With Pulitzer work read by Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, Liev Schreiber, John Lithgow and Yara Shahidi; journalists include Carl Bernstein, Nick Kristof, Thomas Friedman, and David Remnick; authors include Toni Morrison, Michael Chabon, Junot Díaz, Tony Kushner, and Ayad Akhtar; and musicians Wynton Marsalis, David Crosby, and John Adams also share their stories.

A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.