Die Flugkapitäne Metrand und Patroni fliegen das an die amerikanischen Fluglinie Federation World Airlines neu übergebene Überschall-Passagierflugzeug Concorde von Washington über Paris nach Moskau. In Vorbereitung der Olympischen Spiele in Moskau befinden sich eine Abordnung sowjetischer Sportler, mehrere illustre Persönlichkeiten sowie eine Journalistin, Maggie Whelan, an Bord. Letztere war noch bis kurz zuvor mit dem Industriellen Kevin Harrison liiert, dem Vorsitzenden des Rüstungskonzerns Harrison Industries.

Four children enter a high-stakes lottery. If they win, they can attend one of the best schools in New York. A look at the crisis in public education, The Lottery makes the case than any child can succeed.

Hundreds of thousands − perhaps even millions − of protestors have taken to the streets of Hong Kong since early June. Sparked initially by the government's plans for a controversial extradition bill, the movement has now transformed into a broader push for greater freedoms and democracy, with anger over police brutality fuelling a cycle of violence. The protests are Hong Kong's biggest challenge to Beijing since its return to China in 1997. If We Burn looks at the movement through the eyes of Hong Kongers whose fates, like their city's future, now hang in the balance.