War Against the Weak is the untold story of American Eugenics, a movement that attempted to breed a Nordic master race through the elimination of the “unfit'. Based on the best selling book; "War against the weak : eugenics and America's campaign to create a master race" by Edwin Black.

Marathon explores the relation ship between two poets Richard Harteis and William Meredith former US poet laureate and winner of every major American award for poetry including the 1988 Pulitzer prize.