Cradle Will Rock

New York, 1936. America is still feeling the cold breath of the Great Depression. While the rich finance Mussolini's aggressive plans by buying masterpieces from the Italian fascist Countess Margherita Sarfatti, the poor sing in the streets for a nickel. Multimillionaire Nelson Rockefeller invites avant-garde artist Diego Rivera to paint the walls of the lobby of his new Rockefeller Center.