Jeune, idéaliste et déterminé à réussir, Ross Ulbricht crée en 2011 une plate-forme clandestine de vente en ligne, spécialisée dans la vente de stupéfiants : Silk Road. Alors que les transactions atteignent rapidement plusieurs millions de dollars, Ross Ulbricht croise le chemin de Rick Bowden, un agent de la DEA, peu recommandable et dangereusement imprévisible, qui va utiliser tous les moyens nécessaires pour le faire tomber.
The NHK Tokushu and China's CCTV documentary series The Silk Road began on April 7, 1980. The program started with the memorable scene of a camel caravan crossing the desert against the setting sun, with Kitaro's music and a sense of timelessness. It was the start of an epic televisual poem. The first journey described in the series began in Chang'an (now Xi'an), at the eastern end of the ancient route. On 450,000 feet of film, the NHK crew recorded the path westward to the Pamir Heights at the Pakistan border and this material was edited to make 12 monthly broadcasts. In response to viewers' requests that the series be extended to cover the Silk Road all the way to Rome, sequels were made over the next 10 years. Seventeen years after the program was conceived, the project was completed.
A collection of 11 various urban legends from the internet.
La Croisière jaune est un film documentaire français réalisé initialement par André Sauvage et repris par Léon Poirier à la suite de l'intervention d'André Citroën. Le film a été présenté à Paris en 1934. André Sauvage est engagé par la société Pathé-Natan pour suivre la croisière jaune à travers l'Asie. En 1931 et 1932, quarante-deux hommes, dont Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, des savants et médecins parcourent trente mille kilomètres sur la route de la soie à travers le Moyen et l'Extrême-Orient, en propulseurs à chenilles. Ensemble, malgré les intempéries, les difficultés du terrain, les défaillances mécaniques et les conflits politiques, ils atteignaient Pékin le 12 février 1932. André Citroën qui a demandé à voir le film, mécontent du résultat, le rachète à Bernard Natan et en confie le montage à Léon Poirier, qui avait filmé La Croisière Noire en Afrique en 1926. Ce film marquera la cassure de la carrière cinématographique d'André Sauvage.
Silk Road Ghosts takes the viewer off the beaten path as I ply a circuit, following in the footsteps of the ancient conquerors, passing through some of the more remarkable parts of Central Asia's Silk Road. From Almaty in Kazakhstan, I set out towards a daunting rendezvous with the Darvasa Gas Crater in Turkmenistan. Along the way I dot many of the road's pivotal locations, bearing witness to its myriad ghosts which served to glorify the annals of our planet's history.
Actor Ken Ogata takes you on an archaeological journey down the legendary Silk Road, the ancient trading route between China and the West. Also explored are the controversial claims of French scholar Paul Pelloit, who posited the existence of another route for the Silk Road across great stretches of desert. This remarkable documentary provides a fascinating glimpse into a rarely explored region, opening a window onto the past.
Part two of the Mysterious China series chronicles Marco Polo's adventures and discoveries along the Silk Road as he heads toward the Mongol Empire in China. This documentary reveals the pivotal trade route as experienced and written about by the 13th-century explorer. Follow the tracks of the Venetian adventurer -- one of the first Westerners to journey into China -- and uncover the mysteries of the Silk Road.
The Silk Road, one of history's most famed trade routes, linked China to Europe, the Middle East and India and was traveled by such legends as Alexander the Great, Marco Polo and Genghis Khan's Mongol warriors. Follow in the footsteps of the iconic figures and see how the road's ancient past is wrapped up in the fast-changing world of modern China, particularly the country's remote western region.