A coming of age story set in New York, Sisters on Track is about hope, belonging, and the metaphorical and literal sisterhood of young athletes Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard.
A year in the life of a dying shopping mall.
Can Kim Kanonarm beat the world record and play arcade games for 100 hours non-stop? A Danish feelgood film about friendships, dreams and high scores.
Chapman and Maclain Way’s energetic telling of one of baseball’s great, unheralded stories is as much about independent spirit as it is about the game. When Portland, Oregon, lost its longtime minor-league affiliate, Bing Russell—who briefly played ball professionally before enjoying a successful Hollywood acting career—bought the territory and formed a single-A team to operate outside the confines of major-league baseball. When they took the field in 1973, the Mavericks—the only independent team in America—started with two strikes against them. What did Deputy Clem from Bonanza know about baseball? Or Portland, for that matter? The only thing uniting his players, recruited at open tryouts, was that no other team wanted them. Skeptics agreed that it could never work. But Bing understood a ballplayer’s dreams, and he understood an audience. His quirky, unkempt castoffs won games, and they won fans, shattering minor-league attendance records. Their spirit was contagious, and during their short reign, the Mavericks—a restaurant owner turned manager, left-handed catcher, and blackballed pitcher among them—brought independence back to baseball and embodied what it was all about: the love of the game. - J.N.
Miss Sharon Jones: Dreams never expire but sometimes they are deferred. Miss Sharon Jones follows the talented and gregarious soul singer of the Grammy nominated RB band "Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings." In the most challenging year of her life, Sharon Jones confronts pancreatic cancer. As she struggles to find her health and voice again, the film intimately uncovers the mind and spirit of a powerful woman determined to regain the explosive singing career that eluded her for 50 years.
人类在享受物质消费时,留下的是垃圾和污染。王久良通过拍摄垃圾,来解读繁荣背后的中国,追溯出口垃圾的国家,发现了一个被物质裹挟的世界。 中外对话: 即将完成的纪录片《塑料王国》,与之前的《垃圾围城》和酝酿中的“世界的垃圾场”相比,拍摄重点和视角有什么不同? 王久良:《垃圾围城》拍摄的是北京周边的垃圾污染状况。《塑料王国》呈现的是全世界范围内的塑料垃圾在中国处理的情况。但到达中国的垃圾不仅仅是塑料,所以现在着手做的一个片子叫“世界的垃圾场”,片名还没定下来。这意味着我们要跑遍全中国寻找洋垃圾的踪影,这是个全面的地毯式的搜索。 片中的“塑料”是双关语。第一个意思是指废旧塑料本身,但它还有第二个更深的含义,表现的是外表的繁荣、实质的脆弱,类似经过 “plastic surgery” (整容手术)后,呈现出来的光鲜的外表。 经过几十年的高速发展,中国看起来物质繁荣,但背后环境污染带来的健康代价是巨大的。如果你连命都快没了,赚钱又有什么用呢?雾霾、水污染、土壤污染等等,按这些指标算下来的话,你会觉得中国的发展看起来很了不起,但其实很廉价、很脆弱,所以新片英文名字叫Plastic China,就是为了陈述这个主题。 这仅仅是中国自身的问题吗?中国因为环境问题在国际社会饱受争议,但国际大家庭实际上也扮演了并不光彩的角色,这其中就包括向中国输入垃圾。 还有一个更隐性的问题是“出口商品”。中国是世界上最大的廉价商品制造国,被誉为“世界工厂”。当一集装箱一集装箱的廉价商品运往国外的时候,带走的是什么?是资源,能源。留在中国大地上的是什么?是污染! 中国的商品运到你们国家,你们的垃圾又运回中国,生产和抛弃垃圾的环节都在中国,你们是消费者,那我的命运是在为你服务。 当国外的人们在享受着“中国制造”所带来的便利时,是否想象到,你们的生活是建立在另一个国家所付出的巨大发展代价之上的!
《越战50年》分为七个部分,回顾美国参加越战50周年的个人故事、战斗情况、惨烈后果,反思其对美国的政治和经济方面所带来的巨大打击和影响。' 內容︰ 1. 印度支那到美国参战 (Indochina to U.S. Involvement) 2. 出征 (Boots on the Ground) 3. 战争如炼狱 (War is Hell) 4. 新年攻势 (The Tet Offensive) 5. 战争俘虏 (Prisoners of War) 6. 战争越南化 (Vietnamization) 7. 回顾战争 (The War Remembered)
斯特拉斯堡大教堂,坐落于法国斯特拉斯堡市,是中世纪时期欧洲最重要的历史建筑之一,曾在两百年多的时间里成为全世界最高的建筑。它是的魅力让人无法阻挡:美轮美奂的外观,精致繁复的装饰,高耸入云的塔楼……但曾让无数来访者琢磨不透的是,到底是谁设计并建造了这样伟大的建筑?在这个问题的背后,包含了世俗政权与宗教势力的较量,火灾、饥荒、黑死病的肆虐,和数百年的历史变迁。本片以此为主线,按时间顺序揭秘大教堂建造的秘密。
黄石国家公园(Yellowstone National Park)拥有众多的景观和种类繁多的动物,聚集在一个引人入胜的生态系统中。该地区曾经有19000多只麋鹿,但在过去的20年中,其数量猛跌了80%。神秘的下降引发了许多问题,研究人员正在争相提供答案。与他们一起研究从狼到熊到树木再到鳟鱼的一系列理论和犯罪嫌疑人,以解决这个令人震惊的难题。
通过法庭内部关键人员的讲述,这部内容详实的三集系列纪录片深入剖析了迈克尔·杰克逊的庭审及其复杂的影响。