Focusing on four of the leading chefs in Japan today, this documentary explores the truth behind Japan's unique and sophisticated food culture. Each takes meticulous care of their own dishes in pursuit of perfection, but their approaches are quite different, even contrasting. With different sets of roots and beliefs, some pursue spiritual cultivation or aesthetic creativity, while the others seek high-quality ingredients by building close relationships with local suppliers. How do their personalities and struggles result in their masterpieces? World-renowned food experts and gastronomists also guide the audience into the further depths of the stories behind the chefs' endless pursuit. Through these four chefs, you’ll learn that Tokyo is one of the world’s greatest food cities.
Every summer, teenage girls from across Missouri spend a week building a government from the ground up. Coming from different ends of the political and socioeconomic spectrum, they all share a passion for reimagining the future of America. The filmmakers behind Boys State (T/F 2020) return to the world of teen politics to capture the 2022 program – the first time in history that Girls State and Boys State take place simultaneously on the same campus. With rumors of Roe v. Wade being overturned in the real world, the stakes feel higher than ever for these ambitious and dedicated young women. As the days unfold and rumblings from the Boys program make their way across campus, discontent begins to emerge over the disparities between the two. An exhilarating portrait of our political landscape and the pivotal issue of gender equality.
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.
Leonardo da Vinci笔下画作《Salvator Mundi》自2017年以$4.5亿美元成交后，一举为世人所熟知，更被称为男版《Mona Lisa》，殊不知这幅画最初是在New Orleans一家乏人问津的拍卖行寻得，当时更仅以$ 1,100美元售出，在经过寻常的廉价工法修复时才真正令隐藏的精湛画技被重新注意，随后价值水涨船高，尽管至今仍有不少人质疑它出自Leonardo da Vinci之手的真实性。
而纪录片《The Lost Leonardo》便是以《Salvator Mundi》为题，深入探讨其神秘起源与阴暗面，同时除了艺术本身，更带到了伴随艺术的权力金钱斗争，背后牵扯的正式金字塔顶层的人与全球最具权势的艺术机构。
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality shows public interest attorney Bryan Stevenson's struggle to create greater fairness in the legal system and demonstrates how racial injustice emerged, evolved and continues to threaten the country, challenging viewers to confront it.
Terminally ill Janette wants to die with dignity, but it’s not possible in the UK, where she lives. She therefore decides for assisted suicide. She must plan her journey to Switzerland before her rapidly advancing disease makes it impossible. The question of whether we own our own lives or whether they own us is the primary impetus behind this documentary portrait, which shows that death can be good despite the sadness that always accompanies it. The film, with dramatically suggestive camera work, uses feature film techniques, and engaging characters and stories of their loved ones are interwoven with Janette’s story.
"Let's talk about death because we will all die someday. The question is: can we choose when and how? I think we should." T. Krupa
拳赛之日展示了处在生涯巅峰的爱尔兰裔中量级拳手Walter Cartier与中量级鲍比詹姆斯对决的那一天（1950年4月17日）。这部电影以关于拳击历史的短暂旁白开场，然后拍摄Cartier（与他的兄弟Vincent）的一天，这时他正在为晚上10点的比赛做准备。他先在格林威治区西12街的公寓里吃了早餐，然后前去参加了早弥撒，并在他最喜爱的餐馆享用午餐。在下午4点，他开始准备比赛。晚上8点，他在新泽西州纽瓦克的劳雷尔花园的更衣室等待战斗开始。最后，我们看到拳赛的过程，Cartier在短时间内胜出。
12分钟版与16分钟版的区别是，后者有一段关于拳击历史的开场旁白（4分钟），由资深新闻播音员Douglas Edwards用一种严肃的，带着些许黑色幽默的语调念出。
Day Of The Fight" tells of a day in the life of a middleweight Irish boxer named Walter Cartier, particularly the day of his bout with black middleweight Bobby James. This 16-minute short opens with a short (about 4 minutes) study of boxing's history, narrated by veteran newscaster Douglas Edwards in a no-nonsense, noir tone of voice. After this, we follow Walter (and his twin brother Vincent) through his day as he prepares for his 10:00 P.M. bout. After eating breakfast, going to early mass and eating lunch, he starts arranging his things for the fight at 4:00 P.M. By 8:00, he is waiting in his dressing room, where he undergoes a mental transformation, turning into the fighting machine the crowd clamors for. At 10:00, he faces James, and soon, he comes out victorious in a short match which was filmed live on April 17th, 1950.
