Pollywood

Over a century ago, such people as Sam Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, or the Warner brothers left Polish shtetls and became moguls after numerous adventures and hardships they had to face on their way. Follow a journey to the roots of Hollywood... The documentary film Pollywood by Paweł Ferdek is a personal journey to America, which the director made in the footsteps of the Eastern European founders of Hollywood. It is also a universal and exciting story about dreams, courage and desperation, set against the background of the history of the Dream Factory and contemporary Hollywood. (HBO Europe)