本部纪录片是导演迈克尔·艾普特从1964年开始拍摄的纪录片系列的第八部。迈克尔·艾普特在1964年为英国BBC电视台拍摄了记录片《7 Up》,采访来自英国不同阶层的十四个七岁的小孩子,他们有的来自孤儿院,有的是上层社会的小孩。此后每隔七年,艾普特都会重新采访当年的这些孩子,倾听他们的梦想,畅谈他们的生活。人生行至大半,岁月蹉跎。是悔恨感慨,还是遥想当年风华正茂。年华终有老去的一天,可生活仍将继续。 陪伴这些孩子度过半个世纪的导演迈克尔?艾普特也已两鬓斑白,《人生七年》还将继续。
人为什么会笑?笑的本质是什么?笑声在社交中有什么作用?大脑能分辨真笑和假笑吗?存在全世界通行的喜剧吗?
2013年2月28日,佛罗里达坦帕市东郊住宅区,正在熟睡中的杰夫·布什和他的卧室突然消失得无影无踪。可怕的是,他消失前毫无征兆,杰夫从此杳无音信。他被陷穴吞没了。那么,陷穴是如何形成的?对于陷穴我们能做些什么?在这个不可思议的地理侦探故事片中,伊恩·斯图尔特博士发掘了地球几百万年的历史,以寻找这些问题的答案,并追问是否会有更多陷穴在我们身边出现。
自从人类文明伊始酒精就被用作一种药物,但是关于酒精的科学似乎含糊不清而且充满了矛盾。我们对市售药品及其疗效相对比较熟悉,但是对其作用原理及对人体的影响却所知甚少。我们将调查有关酒精的证据,很多人认为每天适度饮酒对我们的身体健康不会产生太大影响,许多人认为每天少量饮酒其实对人体健康是有益的。而我们很多人喝酒不是这样,不是每天少量饮酒而是平时几乎滴酒不沾,到周末的时候才豪饮两三次;或者是邀上好友共进晚餐喝大量的葡萄酒;或者喝些鸡尾酒或烈酒。豪饮的危害到底有多大呢?我们马上来揭晓答案…
BBC 电子游戏自诞生之日起,媒体与学界对其进行的争论就从未停息。有人说它使人成瘾,有人说它让人变得暴力……然而这些都是真的吗?电子游戏真的有那么坏吗?《地平线》将带你回顾三十年来学界对其进行的各项研究,从科学角度阐释电子游戏对人脑产生的影响,以及它可能为我们带来的益处。
In 2014, the International Space Station had to move three times to avoid lethal chunks of space debris and there is an increasing problem of satellites mysteriously breaking down. With first-hand accounts from astronauts and experts, Horizon reveals the scale of the problem of space junk. Our planet is surrounded by hundreds of millions of pieces of junk moving at 17,000 miles...
Most of us think that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is just over fussy tidying. But it's actually much more serious. Sophie has to check that she hasn't killed people, looking for dead bodies wherever she goes, Richard is terrified of touching the bin, and Nanda is about to have pioneering brain surgery to stop her worrying about components on her body - that her eyebrow ...
The 'Mighty Eighth Air Force' tilted the balance for the Allies during World War II. This is the story of how they did it, using rare archival footage and dramatic eye-witness accounts of the airmen and the commanders themselves.
一座金字塔中的發現讓考古學家開始尋找有關努比亞王國的線索。這不是普通的考古挖掘作業,因為這座金字塔被水淹沒了。考古學家要首度潛入這座水底金字塔,讓我們更了解古老的努比亞王國。
Confronting half of her mother’s life—her mother who had survived the Jeju April 3 Incident—the director tries to scoop out disappearing memories. A tale of family, which carries on from Dear Pyongyang (YIDFF 2005), carving out the cruelty of history, and questioning the precarious existence of the nation-state.
They are the miracle pills that shouldn't really work at all. Placebos come in all shapes and sizes, but they contain no active ingredient. Now they are being shown to help treat pain, depression and even alleviate some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Horizon explores why they work, and how we could all benefit from the hidden power of the placebo.
A documentary-style look into how the Disney+ original series "High School Musical: The Musical - The Series" (2019) was created.
该片讲述贵州交通及快速发展的故事,将贵州的巨变作为中国近10年高速发展的缩影,将历史文化、超级工程、人民生活有机结合,通过以小见大的手法、多人物、多角度的呈现,让观众能够更深切地感受和理解一座座桥梁将高山深谷“变平”、反复突破世界纪录背后的精神伟力。