Morgan Sullivan, un contable sin trabajo y atrapado en un rutinario matrimonio sueña con dejar atrás su gris existencia y comenzar una nueva vida llena de libertad y emociones. Decide entonces incorporarse a la multinacional Digicorp y convertirse en un espía industrial. Con una nueva identidad, su trabajo consiste en asistir a distintas convenciones empresariales para recoger todo tipo de información y transmitírsela a Ed Finster, su desalmado jefe. Pero en el transcurso de su trabajo, Morgan conoce a la bella y escurridiza Rita, quien le revelará las verdaderas actividades de Digicorp.
Karly Hert (Katherine Heigl) lleva varios años trabajando en una compañía farmaceútica, pero últimamente ha comenzado a cuestionarse ciertos detalles éticos de la empresa, al tiempo que se enamora de Zach (Lucian McAfee), un joven vendedor que incita a Karly a ser fiel a sus valores.
Cuando el director de una importante empresa se suicida, todos los accionistas se ponen de acuerdo y elaboran un plan para obtener los mayores beneficios posibles: se trata de poner al frente del consejo de dirección a alguien fácilmente manipulable. Todo parece sencillo hasta que entra en escena Amy Archer.
Josie, Melody y Val son tres chicas músicas de un pequeño pueblo decididas a sacar a su banda de rock del garaje y llevarlas directamente a la cima, sin dejar de ser fieles a su apariencia, estilo y sonido. Consiguen un contrato discográfico que trae fama y fortuna, pero pronto se dan cuenta de que son peones de dos personas que quieren controlar a la juventud de Estados Unidos. Deben limpiar sus nombres, aunque eso signifique perder fama y fortuna.
En una zona rural de Ohio, Kip y Josie, hermanos, se ven obligados a traficar con opioides para sobrevivir. Tras un negocio fallido, Kip trata de abandonar el mundo del narcotráfico, pero su decisión va a desencadenar una ola de violencia.
A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris.
The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and political turmoil. Every day, the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and betrayal of the public trust. We don't have to make outraged demands for the end of the current global system - it seems to be coming apart already. But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this all-consuming madness and into a saner future. Backed by Jensen's narrative, the film calls on us to act as if we truly love this land. The film trips along at a brisk pace, using music... Written by Franklin Lopez
Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by One-Dimensional Man by the philosopher Herbert Marcus…
When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record albums that would change his life forever.
Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas.
A film about fireworks, the people who make them and the cultures behind them across the globe.
The doors of the jam produced by a company do not open. In order for them to be able to sell their jam, they reward the one who can open the jam. All the people try to open the door of the jam.
Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.
The main events unfold in the train. The acceptance committee from Moscow, revealing deficiencies in the constructed bakery, did not sign the act of its delivery. But the fate of not only many people associated with the construction, but also the life of the town as a whole depends on this. Lyonya Shindin — a conscientious and decent man — is trying by all means and by any means to change the decision of the commission...
As a family of siblings and their spouses gathers at their father's deathbed, old jealousies and new angers and liaisons lead to an inevitable climax.
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
Unconventional portrayal of mining in the Lapland ore fields, a powerful image and sound symphony that can be experienced both as a documentary and symbolic work.