Matthias Heeder

Science fiction has become a reality in our modern criminal justice system. A term originally coined by science fiction author Philip K. Dick, “pre-crime” is a policing technique now used in both the US and Europe to identify “hot people”—those most likely to be victims or perpetrators of a crime. Forecasting software and algorithms that have been criticized as inaccurate and arbitrary are used to collect information, and monitor and flag people. But predictive tools are only as good as the data they’re fed. With scant evidence of the reliability of the data sources or the accuracy of the data crunching, misfires are a guarantee. In this chilling and explosive in-depth examination into the modern age of policing, directors Monika Hielscher and Matthias Heider pose an important question: How much freedom and human awareness are we willing to give to the limited logic of technology?

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Migrant workers around the globe send money home to support their families, but there is a dark side to international cash transfers.

Documentary describes the attempt of a group of homeless Roma to break the vicious circle of social deprivation, criminalization, illegal re-entry, and renewed expulsion in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Back for over a year, inflation is hitting us hard. This documentary sheds light on the mechanisms of a multifactorial economic phenomenon and outlines prospects for the future.