Soros

Even among billionaire “Masters of the Universe,” George Soros stands out as a figure of violent controversy. To some, especially on the Right, Soros is “the puppet master,” a fabulously wealthy rootless cosmopolitan - read: Jewish - financier who “broke the Bank of England,” wields tremendous unaccountable power and uses his limitless money to bend whole countries to his will. To others he is a thinker, a visionary, a kind of philosopher king - and the greatest philanthropist in history, who has used his human rights organization to coax democratic change in dozens of countries from Eastern Europe to sub-Saharan Africa. Jesse Dylan’s compelling portrait digs deep into Soros’ past in Nazi-occupied Hungary to reveal the surprising facts about a complicated man who has changed the world. (Telluride Film Festival)