简介：在乔布斯离世后，全世界的人们用各种方式纪念这位富有远见的天才，而授权版乔布斯传记作者Walter Isaacson也揭示了许多关于乔布斯私人生活的细节，PBS电视台将于11月2日播放纪念乔布斯的新纪录片“Steve Jobs - One Last Thing”，片中将会将会有大量曾经与乔布斯合作的采访片段。 其中包括苹果联合创始人Ronald Wayne，投资NeXT电脑的Ross Perot，“华尔街日报”主要技术专栏作家Walt Mossberg，黑眼豆豆乐队制作人will.i.am，苹果第一代鼠标设计师Dean Hovey，PBS系列片主持人Robert Cringely，里德大学书法教授Robert Palladino以及介绍Woz和Jobs相识的Bill Fernandez。 该纪录片还会包含从未播放过的1994年采访乔布斯的片段。乔布斯对生活的理解塑造了他的人格，这也使他为很多行业带来革命性变革。Steve Jobs - One Last Thing”将于下周三，11月2日晚上10点在美国的PBS电视台播出。
简介：德国柏林动物园的小北极熊克鲁特，是现在全市最受宠的小家伙，在最近一次电视台举行的投票活动中，高票当选“柏林市最重要居民”。乖巧可爱的小努特每天都要吸引无数游园者的目光。小北极熊克鲁特一亮相就拥有耀眼夺目的明星风采，马上就变成柏林动物园的镇园之宝。 这头可爱的小北极熊，有着一段凄惨的遭遇。去年12月，母熊妈妈生下克鲁特和它的孪生兄弟后，就把它们丢弃在了洞穴里。克鲁特的兄弟不久后就夭折了，而小克鲁特却幸运地被饲养员救了出来。从那以后，克鲁特的生活就大变样了，喝牛奶，吃鱼肝油，鸡汤进补，睡觉的时候抱着泰迪熊。也正是这种娇生惯养的状况，让一些动物保护人士看不惯了。他们认为这样做会破坏野生动物的天性。有的人甚至提出应该给克鲁特打毒针，让它安乐死。 不过，看着小克鲁特一双无辜的大眼睛，实在没人下得了手。柏林动物园最终还是决定留下克鲁特。柏林动物园园长说，如今全球气候变暖，再加上人类在北极附近活动频繁，严重威胁着北极熊的生存。科学家预测，照这样下去，北极熊将在100年内灭绝。因此，可爱的小克鲁特就越发显得珍贵。 纪录片《Knut und seine Freunde》叙述了小北极熊克鲁特如何征服全世界的故事。
简介：Dutch immigrant, Harry deLeyer, journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a broken down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. Harry paid eighty dollars for the horse and named him Snowman. In less than two years, Harry Snowman went on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nations blue bloods and they became famous and traveled around the world together. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Eighty-six year old Harry tells their Cinderella love story firsthand, as he continues to train on today's show jumping circuit.
简介：Is it humankind's greatest achievement 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space. It is the first human-made object ever to do so. Slowly dying within its heart is a plutonium generator that will beat for perhaps another decade before the lights on Voyager finally go out. But this little craft will travel on for millions of years, carrying a Golden Record bearing recordings and images of life on Earth. In all likelihood Voyager will outlive humanity and all our creations. It could be the only thing to mark our existence. Perhaps some day an alien will find it and wonder. The story of Voyager is an epic of human achievement, personal drama and almost miraculous success. Launched 16 days apart in Autumn 1977, the twin Voyager space probes have defied all the odds, survived countless near misses and almost 40 years later continue to beam revolutionary information across unimaginable distances. With less computing power than a ...
简介：Foodborne pathogens kill around 3,000 people in the U.S. every year and hospitalize hundreds of thousands more. Romaine lettuce, cantaloupe, sprouts . . . all have been at the center of outbreaks which have become alarmingly frequent in recent years. Their solutions are simple, but protections are scattershot, with little bureaucratic will to enforce them. And yet, our politici...
简介：1974年8月7日，法国杂技名人菲利普·珀蒂（保罗·麦克吉尔 Paul McGill饰）在纽约世贸大厦高达110层（412米）的两座大楼之间，完成了一次至今仍令人叹为观止的壮举——搭起了一条横跨天穹的钢索，完成了长达45分钟的大胆表演。谁也想不到，这个害羞的25岁男孩菲利普，在朋友们的帮助下，缜密调查筹划，突破层层关卡，终于神不知鬼不觉地完成了这次极其危险而疯狂的“艺术犯罪”。菲利普在钢索上或跪或躺，时而慢行时而舞动。影片镜头细腻地捕捉到了当年无比惊险的分秒，并生动地重演了现场，再加上人物访谈等多种手法，使得这部逐梦世贸大厦间的纪录片，在美国911事件后，弥足珍贵。 这部由BBC、Discovery和UK Film Council联合出品的传记类纪录片《走钢丝的人》，荣获2009年第81届奥斯卡金像奖-最佳纪录长片，2009年第62届英国电影和电视艺术学院奖-最佳英国影片，及2008年第21届欧洲电影奖-最佳纪录片奖提名。