Director Wim Wenders bites the hand that feeds in this incisive commentary on the film industry at large. Finding himself & his crew financially adrift in Portugal, with no producer & no money to finish his film, director Friedrich Munro (Patrick Bauchau) heads for Hollywood to find a backer. But as he does the rounds of the studios in search of finance, Munro soon discovers that art counts for little in the land where box office success rules supreme. ...

Although the Israeli state subscribes to the principles of administrative fairness & equality for Jews & Arabs before the law, the reality looks very different. Focusing on Arab land loss inside Israel proper & the struggle over development resources, this study explores the interaction between Arab local authorities, their Jewish neighbors.. ...

Thriller sequel set in Philadelphia. The streets of Philly are about to run red with blood & white with coke as the hottest gangster on the East Coast calls the shots from the inside of a jail cell. Hardcore King Pin Beans (Beanie Sigel) doesn't care if he's locked down in solitary confinement, the 'hood belongs to him'. Out for revenge against the renegade Harlem gangster who iced him (Damon Dash), Beans joins forces with flashy Miami playboy Loco (N.O.R.E.) to find the criminal mastermind who betrayed them all. Friends become enemies & enemies become dead as the city of brotherly love explodes into a bloody jailhouse riot. ...

The State Secrets Privilege is an evidentiary rule created by United States legal precedent. The court is asked to exclude evidence from a legal case based solely on an affidavit submitted by the government stating court proceedings might disclose sensitive information which might endanger national security & military secrets in particular. ...

The 'state secrets privilege' is a common law rule of evidence that the Federal Government can invoke to prevent materials from being publicly disclosed in civil court proceedings, if the Government establishes that such disclosure would harm the Nation. ...