Aaron Heyman

Broomfield’s behind-the-scenes document of the making of a musical becomes a ceremonious unmaking-of as egos, budgets and general calamity conspire to ruin the best efforts of all involved in the New York rehearsals for an extravagant, glitzy production.

Executive Producer Sean Penn presents "Witch Hunt," a gripping indictment of the American justice system told through the lens of one small town. Voters in Bakersfield, California elected a tough on crime district attorney into office for more than 25 years. During his tenure he convicted dozens of innocent working class moms and dads. They went to prison, some for decades, before being exonerated. He remains in office today. This story mirrors on a micro level what the US has experienced over the last eight years. When power is allowed to exist without oversight, civil rights are in jeopardy.

Both uproariously funny and unerringly cautionary, Broomfield's behind-the-scenes document of the making of a musical becomes a ceremonious unmaking-of as egos, budgets and general calamity conspire to ruin the best efforts of all involved in the New York rehearsals for an extravagant, glitzy production. As Broomfield recounts it,"(This was) the first film I ever appeared in. I was so desperate in this out-of-control situation that it was the only way I could think of telling the story."

Scrappy inventor Gunther (Thomas Gottschalk) drives his tiny East German Trabant 601 to a Los Angeles convention, where he hopes to get backing for his revolutionary turnip-juice fuel. But the car is soon stolen by corporate spies. Now Gunther must navigate the unfamiliar terrain of L.A. in his quest to get his Trabi back. Fortunately, Billy Dee Williams, Milton Berle and other celebrities help out along the way in this sequel to Go, Trabi, Go.