We are told that if we work hard and play by the rules, we will be rewarded. So why do rule-breakers and kleptocrats escape punishment and amass vast fortunes without giving anything back to society? The murder of an investigative journalist in Malta, a dried-up river in Chile... The film reveals global patterns of kleptocracy and extractivism, and the processes that emerge when a disenchanted public starts to mobilise and protest. "Social Breakthrough explores injustice and corruption, interviewing social activists, journalists, economists and artists. By rethinking the foundations of society, they spark hope for change.