This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, and Sonny Rollins sparked the move from traditional Jazz to “Bebop” in mid 1940s America. Includes rare images of Gillespie playing on his famous…
Since the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, Ecuador’s Waorani tribe, have defended their Amazon rainforest with spears. In the 1950’s American missionaries cleared the way for oil companies to enter Waorani lands. Now 70% of Ecuador’s Amazon, home to some 12 tribes, has been divided…
Discusses and illustrates the advantages of breast feeding. With the help of numerous experienced breastfeeding mothers, this film discusses and illustrates the advantages of breast feeding for both mother and baby; the range of normal feeding patterns; some common problems; and where to get help…
Suivez le quotidien et les péripéties inhabituels d’un équipage téméraire lors d’une traversée épique de deux mois de l’océan Atlantique à bord d’un catamaran, le Lucia 40. Voguez avec cette famille intrépide…
In 1997, Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for an integrated prom in his hometown of Charleston, Mississippi where proms were still separated by race. The school board refused. Eleven years later in 2008, Freeman offered again, and his offer was accepted. This documentary…
Shows the skill that goes into the making of a cello, and an interview with Alec McCurdy. 1. Making a Cello. This film shows the skill and care that go into making a cello, from the felling of a 250 year old spruce in the Jura Mountains to the workshop in Berkshire where Alec McCurdy makes instruments. He…
Alec McCurdy makes a cello from start to finish also the skilled restoration of books damaged by floods in Florence. 1. Making A Cello This film shows the skill and care that go into making a cello, from the felling of a 250 year old spruce in the Jura Mountains to the workshop in Berkshire where…
Dr. Judith Mangelsdorf ist Psychologin, Mediatorin und Supervisorin. Sie promovierte an der FU Berlin im Forschungsschwerpunkt »Positive Psychologie« und forscht insbesondere über das menschliche Wachstum nach einschneidenden Lebensereignissen. Wissenschaftliches In der gemeinsamen Arbeit…
Antonio Liverano is a figure of historic proportions in the world of tailoring and one of the few masters of the Florentine tailoring style. Director, Gianluca Migliarotti, captures the life and work of this master in I Colori di Antonio or ‘Antonio’s Colors’.
憲法や法律、社会基盤となる公共インフラや公的サービス、文化的背景にもとづく規則や慣習、はたまた余暇を楽しむためのスポーツやゲームなど、私たちの日常生活はさまざまなルールで取り囲まれています。そして、それらのルールは今、産業や社会構造の変化やテクノロジーの進歩などにともなって、大きな転換点を迎えつつあります。 今回は、東京・赤坂で開催中の「ルール？展」（ http://www.2121designsight.jp/program/rule/ ）のディレクターチームメンバーである、キュレーターの田中みゆきさん、法律家の水野祐さんをお迎えし、人間を“縛る“ものではなく、多様な人々がともに生き、新たな可能性を創発するルールをデザインしていくための道すじを考えます。 ▼出演 田中みゆき（キュレーター／プロデューサー） 水野祐（法律家／弁護士） 宇野常寛（評論家・PLANETS編集長） ▼日時 2021年7月20日（火） ハッシュタグは…
Have a look at the interactive web-documentary: www.nuclear-games.net Nuclear Games is a journey around the world with stories from every continent about the nuclear horror. In a unique combination of animation and documentary, these stories show how the power of nuclear fission has led people over…
A look at parents’ struggle with their children’s increased dependence on tech devices today. Filmed around the world, we hear from school children, parents, and educators from the USA, Germany, India, France, Mexico, China, UK and Japan. We also feature a Google designer, a broad range of…
