With a voice-over by British actor Damian Lewis, Raoul Peck delves into the mind of George Orwell, who shortly before his death was working on ‘1984’, his masterpiece about a totalitarian state ruled by fear under the dictator Big Brother.

Visually, Peck draws on images from films, documentaries, and historical footage of Orwell and his work, combining them with contemporary news footage. He lets experts speak about how modern technology threatens freedom and human dignity with unbridled data collection, surveillance, behavioral manipulation, and social media that incite fear and sow hatred. Or how humanity is slowly but surely disappearing.