Jason Brown copes with his celebrity status. Bobby Bruce tries to rebound from bad decisions. Brown considers bringing back a polarizing player.
Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.
Actor Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness traveled to Ethiopia in their role as ambassadors for World Vision Australia in 2009. During that visit, they met Dukale, a coffee farmer. Growing up, poverty had deprived Dukale of an education, but he saw an opportunity to create a new future for his family when World Vision offered access to a new kind of economic empowerment. Jackman was so inspired by Dukale’s story, that he made – and kept – a promise to him that is revealed in the film.
贫民们无家可归的生活被足球世界杯比赛永远的改变了，本片记录了6名球员准备去南非开普敦参加流浪汉世界杯比赛的故事。 每一年，来自世界各地的球员为了属于他们的世界杯而战——流浪汉世界杯。 这是一个关于爱与希望的真实故事，《流浪汉世界杯》自2008年圣丹斯电影节上首映起便赢得了全世界的观众的心。一切缘起于一个绝妙的主意：给无家可归者一个通过足球去改变自己命运的机会。流浪汉世界杯是一个由来自48个国家数以千计无家可归者参加的体育赛事。球员们来自被战争蹂躏的阿富汗、肯尼亚的贫民窟、爱尔兰都柏林的戒毒所、北卡罗莱纳州夏洛特的街头。他们的命运都因体育的力量而改变，胜或负，这是他们另一次人生之旅。
跟随本纪录片，探索魔方的世界纪录创造者之间的特殊情谊和非凡的竞争精神
