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Pier Paolo Pasolini is one of cinema's greatest figures. The influence he continues to exert to this day, one of the of the many contradictions surrounding his life, has not yet been fully recognised. Responsible for a challenging, hard-to-classify body of film and literary work, and an equally explosive personality, Pasolini talks calmly, splendid as ever in front of the camera (despite all the uproar and expectations around the shooting of “Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom” at the time), as he concisely explains his views on cinema and life. Bertolucci thus achieves a true portrait, allowing Pasolini has to talk about his own work and ideas with the filming of Salo as a starting point, and weaving in an interview by journalist and documentary maker Gideon Bachmann with photos by Deborah Imogen Beer also taken at the set of what would be, due to his early, violent death in 1975, his last film.

The upgrading of the final stretch of Diagonal avenue in Barcelona's Poble Nou area, for the launch of the "Forum" zone, will lead to the physical disappearance of entire blocks of housing and a way of life. An interview with a group of residents affected by a PERI (special renovation plan) that affects a block of ground floor houses in Poble Nou. They talk about the real estate agency's bad management and the lack of interest shown by the City Council in their excitement over the opening of the Universal Forum of Cultures.

Part indictment, part redemption tale, the film offers startling insight into the role of the Black Panther Party in a social revolution, and the New York Police Department and the FBI's devious targeting of one of the organization's most fervent leaders -Dhoruba Bin Wahad (born Richard Moore). Emerging from the Bronx ghettos and a life of petty crime, Dhoruba dived headfirst into the Black Power movement, serving breakfast to school children with one hand while wielding a gun with the other.

Baye Fall is a Muslim practice derived from mouridism, a Sufi based faith deeply rooted within Senegalese culture. Through the story of one family, the film explores the beliefs and lifestyle of Baye Fall followers.