To many of us, climate change is remote, abstract, too grim to consider, too far removed from our daily lives. But we now know that one of the biggest triggers for global warming is something all of us do every day: eating. Growing and processing food, and packaging and bringing it to us — all… Read more »
Denise Ho – Becoming the Song profiles the openly gay Hong Kong singer and human rights activist Denise Ho. Drawing on unprecedented, years-long access, the film explores her remarkable journey from commercial Cantopop superstar to outspoken political activist, an artist who has put her life and career on the line to support the determined struggle of… Read more »
Consumers love – and live on – their smartphones, tablets and laptops. A cascade of new devices pours endlessly into the market, promising even better communication, non-stop entertainment and instant information. The numbers are staggering. By 2020, four billion people will have a personal computer. Five billion will own a mobile phone. But this revolution… Read more »
In 1986 Ambrica Productions began China: A Century of Revolution, a series of three feature-length documentaries that explore the turbulent history of 20th century China. The first film, China in Revolution, describes the epic upheaval that began in China with the fall of the last emperor in 1911. Over the next four decades, the Chinese… Read more »
Starting in 2004 Ambrica began filming nine Chinese Gen X’ers at home and at work, returning once a year to record the changes in their lives. The film tracks four wildly ambitious graduates, a media savvy hip hop artist, two migrant workers living precariously on society’s edge, a dedicated medical resident and a courageous environmental… Read more »
For more than thirty years, Eleanor Roosevelt was America’s most powerful woman, yet few really knew her. Born to wealth and power, her private life was marked by tragedy, infidelity and a never-ending search for intimacy. This biography includes rare home movies, contemporary footage and reflections from Eleanor’s closest surviving relatives, as well as biographers… Read more »
Shot over four years, from 1998 to 2001, China in the Red explores the changing values and expectations of ten individuals as they struggle to adapt to China’s economic reforms. In intimate portraits, the film shows a cross section of Chinese society: young and old, rural and urban, workers and peasants—from the manager of a… Read more »
Mary Pickford is a poignant portrait of the world’s first international superstar. Pickford’s extraordinary career as the most popular silent screen actress of the day made her the most powerful woman in the history of movies and helped shape America’s obsessive culture of celebrity. In the golden age of silent film, the world’s most celebrated actress… Read more »
In World War II, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and relocate to military camps dotted across the western United State Time of Fear tells the story of the 16,000 men, women and children who were sent to two camps in southeast Arkansas, one of the poorest and most racially… Read more »
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