Morgan Sullivan mając już dość swojego nudnego życia, podejmuje pracę szpiega dla korporacji Digicorp. W ramach swoich obowiązków Morgan udaje się na kolejne konferencje nagrywając ich przebieg. Wszystko zmienia się, gdy spotyka tajemniczą kobietę, która odkrywa przed nim przerażającą prawdę o jego pracodawcy.
America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Something isn't right behind the scenes at big pharma. Based on the director's decade working directly for the industry.
Norville Barnes przyjeżdża z małego miasteczka do Nowego Jorku z ambitnymi planami zrobienia wielkiej kariery. Sprawia on wrażenie ostatniego idioty. W tym samym czasie Waring Hudsucker, prezes wielkiej firmy, Hudsucker Industries popełnia samobójstwo skacząc z 44. piętra. Ponieważ Waring miał większość udziałów, jego partnerzy boją się, że ktoś wykupi na giełdzie jego udziały i przejmie firmę. Jedyną osobą, która zachowuje spokój jest Sidney Mussburger, który ma już plan jak poradzić sobie z tą niewygodną sytuacją. Zatrudnia na stanowisku prezesa właśnie Norvillea Barnesa, który ma w głowie genialny pomysł na zabawkę dla dzieci.
Komedia młodzieżowa, aktorska animowanego serialu telewizyjnego o przygodach żeńskiego zespołu rockowego z małego amerykańskiego miasteczka, który nieoczekiwanie staje u progu wielkiej kariery.
Trójka rodzeństwa wplątuje się w nielegalny handel lekami. Okazuje się, że rezygnacja z tego interesu nie jest tak prosta jak myśleli.
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.
Dokumentalna opowieść o pracy i postaci Edwarda Burtynsky'ego - wybitnego kanadyjskiego artysty fotografika, którego obszarem zainteresowań jest ludzka ingerencja w krajobraz na skalę przemysłową. Kamera towarzyszy Burtynsky'emu podczas jego wyprawy do Chin, gdzie przedmiotem jego (i naszego) zainteresowania stają się kopalnie odkrywkowe, kamieniołomy, budowa Tamy Trzech Przełomów, wyburzanie miasta przed jego zalaniem, wielkie składowiska odpadów, hałdy przemysłowe. "Sfabrykowany krajobraz" to filmowy esej - rozważania na temat wpływu człowieka na kształt naszej planety, unikający jednak prostych sądów i jednoznacznych odpowiedzi.
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.
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
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.
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…
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.
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...
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.