With the rapid emergence of digital devices, an unstoppable, invisible force is changing human lives in ways from the microscopic to the gargantuan: Big Data, a word that was barely used a few years ago but now governs the day for many of us from the moment we awaken to the extinguishing of the final late-evening light bulb. This massive gathering and analyzing of data in real time is allowing us to not only address some of humanity biggest challenges but is also helping create a new kind of planetary nervous system. Yet as Edward Snowden and the release of the Prism documents have shown, the accessibility of all these data comes at a steep price. The Human Face of Big Data captures the promise and peril of this extraordinary knowledge revolution.
Although sumo is a cherished part of Japanese culture, few have managed to get a behind-the-scenes look at the sport. Director Eiji SAKATA had the opportunity to spend six months in close contact with two sumo stables. In the process, he managed to capture fascinating footage of the rigorous training sessions and daily life of the wrestlers.
Quand une nouvelle épidémie d'ampleur planétaire va-t-elle frapper ? À l'heure où de nouveaux virus émergent à une vitesse sans précédent et où Ebola tue en Afrique de l'Ouest, une enquête rigoureuse sur cette menace invisible.
En soixante ans, plus de trois cent cinquante nouvelles maladies infectieuses sont apparues : SRAS, H1N1, H5N1, Ebola… Une émergence de virus qui semble s'accélérer. Unanimes, les experts s'interrogent : quand une nouvelle épidémie mondiale va-t-elle frapper ? Peste, grippe espagnole, variole, sida... : l'histoire est traversée d'épisodes infectieux qui ont décimé des populations. Mais où en est la recherche aujourd'hui ? Sommes-nous mieux préparés ? Le film part sur les traces de trois virus particulièrement menaçants : le H7N9 de la grippe en Asie, le Mers-CoV, cousin du SRAS, actif au Moyen-Orient, qui suscite les pires terreurs en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Antarctica lives in our dreams as the most remote, the most forbidding continent on Planet Earth. It is a huge land covered with ice as thick as three miles, seemingly invulnerable, cold and dark for eight months of the year. Yet Antarctica is also a fragile place, home to an incredible variety of life along its edges, arguably the most stunning, breathtaking and still-pristine place on earth. The one constant is that it is constantly changing, every season, every day, every hour. I've been fortunate to travel to Antarctica many times; most recently with 3D cameras, a first for the continent. The result is our new film, Antarctica: On the Edge.
Alan Yentob travels to the ghetto in Venice with award-winning novelist Howard Jacobson as he embarks on a retelling of Shakespeare's most performed play, The Merchant of Venice. Through a series of lively - often fiery - interviews, they examine the charge of anti-Semitism against Shakespeare, whose character Shylock remains one of the most odious and divisive fictional Jews in history.
How did the moneylender from Venice become such a useful propaganda tool in Nazi Germany? And how much of a liberty will Jacobson be taking when he uproots the action to modern-day Alderley Edge, and audaciously reinterprets the infamous 'pound of flesh'?
Interviewees include Antony Sher, Anthony Julius and Stephen Greenblatt.
D-Day, Normandie 1944 a été spécialement réalisé pour les commémorations rendant hommage à l'opération "Overlord" autrement connue sous le nom de "D-Day" ou "Jour-J". Le fim est diffusé mondialement à l'occasion du 70e anniversaire du Débarquement Allié qui eut lieu sur les plages de Normandie le 6 juin 1944.
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.