There is so much interest in food these days yet there is almost no interest in the hands that pick that food. In the US, farm labor has always been one of the most difficult and poorly paid jobs and has relied on some of the nation's most vulnerable people. While the legal restrictions which kept people bound to farms, like slavery, have been abolished, exploitation still exists, ranging from wage theft to modern-day slavery. These days, this exploitation is perpetuated by the corporations at the top of the food chain: supermarkets. Their buying power has kept wages pitifully low and has created a scenario where desperately poor people are willing to put up with anything to keep their jobs.
A group of brave individuals risk their lives to save the last of the world's mountain gorillas; in the midst of renewed civil war and a scramble for Congo's natural resources.
Follows the resilient underdogs of the UCLA Quidditch team as they help transform Harry Potter's fictional sport into a real-life phenomenon and make their way to the Fifth Annual Quidditch World Cup in New York City. IMDb
A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on Earth.
Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. IMDb
Selon cette captivante enquête scientifique, il semblerait que notre cerveau ne soit pas le seul maître à bord. Il y a quelques années, les scientifiques ont découvert en nous l’existence d’un deuxième cerveau. Notre ventre contient en effet deux cents millions de neurones qui veillent à notre digestion et échangent des informations avec notre "tête". Les chercheurs commencent à peine à décrypter cette conversation secrète. Ils se sont aperçus par exemple que notre cerveau entérique, celui du ventre, produisait 95 % de la sérotonine, un neurotransmetteur qui participe à la gestion de nos émotions. On savait que ce que l'on ressentait pouvait agir sur notre système digestif. On découvre que l'inverse est vrai aussi : notre deuxième cerveau joue avec nos émotions. ARTE Bande annonce
Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game.
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds, after decades without access. DamNation's majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature.