Why did the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for five centuries, inexorably weaken until it disappeared? Archaeologists, specialists in ancient pathologies and climate historians are now accumulating clues converging on the same factors: a powerful cooling and pandemics. A disease, whose symptoms described by the Greek physician Galen are reminiscent of those of smallpox, struck Rome in 167, soon devastating its army. At the same time, a sudden climatic disorder that was underway as far as Eurasia caused agricultural yields to plummet and led to the westward migration of the Huns. Plagued by economic and military difficulties, attacked from all sides by barbarian tribes, the Roman edifice gradually cracked.
Minecraft but I survive in PARKOUR CIVILIZATION...the entire movie of my journey in parkour civilization where the only way to survive is to parkour...
Professor Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Cambridgeshire Fens that's been called the 'British Pompeii' due to the remarkable levels of preservation.
Ett montage av bilder och till musik av Philip Glass kring relationen mellan natur och civilisation. Godfrey Reggio lyfter fram det som normalt skulle varit bakgrunden i en film: molnen som rör sig över himlen, storstadens flöden av människor, vägnätets pulserande trafik.
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.
Ett ungt par på ön Bora Bora tvingas fly från hedniska sedvänjor, för att hamna på en annan ö som istället står under modernitet och dekadens.
Denna uppföljare till den fantastiska komedin är ett stycke gudomlig galenskap! Xi möter ännu en gång den så kallade civiliserade världen när han ger sig av för att leta efter sina barn, som genom en olyckshändelse hamnat i en tjuvjägares lastbil. Han stöter på ett udda par som gått vilse i öknen. Förbryllad av deras konstiga beteende, dras Xixo in i ett hysteriskt äventyr bland människor som bygger fantastiska maskiner... men som hela tiden måste räddas, både från vildmarken och från varandra.
Four nights in Caracas. A documentary essay about chaos and civilization.
An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religion, customs, art and entertainment from all over the world. The film is constructed like a symphony.
The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and political turmoil. Every day, the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and betrayal of the public trust. We don't have to make outraged demands for the end of the current global system - it seems to be coming apart already. But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this all-consuming madness and into a saner future. Backed by Jensen's narrative, the film calls on us to act as if we truly love this land. The film trips along at a brisk pace, using music... Written by Franklin Lopez
Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world around us.
År 1886 förliser lord och lady Claytons skepp på den afrikanska västkusten. Paret klarar sig och Alice föder en son. Men snart dör Alice och hennes make faller offer för en grupp apors nyfikenhet. Sonen tas om hand av en aphona som mist sitt eget barn. Barnet växer upp bland aporna och blir en i flocken. Men hans djungelvanor leder till vissa problem när han senare försöker anpassa sig till civilisationen.
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?
A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan trains the wild man, Puff, in the ways of the world - starting with table manners - Nathan's lover Lila fights to preserve the man's simian past, which represents a freedom enviable to most.
En storslagen film med fantastiska effekter! Mayaindianerna förutspådde för hundratals år sedan att jorden ska drabbas av stora naturkatastrofer och slutligen gå under år 2012. När de gamla sägnerna blir verklighet och människorna står inför världens ände kämpar Jackson Curtis inte bara för att rädda sin familj, utan hela mänskligheten. Det blir en omöjlig kamp mot klockan och hopplösa odds. Men Jackson vägrar ge upp trots att allt hopp verkar vara ute. Vi får uppleva specialeffekter som vi aldrig sett förut, vulkanutbrott, orkaner, smältande isar och raserande hus från alla världens hörn. Städer rämnar och hela kontinenter faller sönder när världen ställs inför en katastrof av bibliska proportioner. 2012 berättar om jordens undergång och de överlevandes hjältemodiga kamp. Roland Emmerich regisserar denna nagelbitare som är fullspäckad med action men som även berör och får en att fundera över människans existens
After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth transformed by nuclear war. As renegade gangs and mutants rule Los Angeles, the astronauts join two pretty women and a couple of kids in a growing resistance movement. This sci-fi adventure follows the men as they battle bell-bottomed biker leader Cutter and his brutal gang.
The History of the Devil charts the evolution the idea of a supreme embodiment of evil from the time of the ancient gods to the present day. This critical analysis provides insightful and structured analysis of the origins of Devil and the way in which it has been used over the centuries.
a collection of different shots comprised a fictionalized, but highly detailed of the america's west. where civilization meets nature in an illusion of history.
A documentary film about Syria with its diverse civilizations and history. Where the hero of the film gets lost between his questions about history, culture, and identity, and his attempts to see the story of Syrian history. In the film, the narrator takes us on a journey through Syrian history that diversifies into five basic civilizational shifts, from the agricultural revolution to writing and the emergence of cities to trade until the advent of Christianity and up to the cultural achievement of Islamic civilization.
At the time of Nero, the Empire is at the height of its power, but Rome, where a million inhabitants live, is afraid of its enemies, of foreigners, of barbarians. Rome is afraid of the Tyrant and of its own power. And all these fears seem to crystallize in that of fire, more than anything else feared in this megalopolis that so often catches fire. In 64 A.D. the most terrible fire that the city has ever known broke out. It is said that it was set on the orders of Nero, in order to overwhelm the Christians who were accused of it. The watchmen, Celer and Theseus, intervene at the risk of their lives. This fictional documentary tells the story of the adventures of these two "firemen" in Rome during the Empire. An astonishing journey through time, the story of the life of men: customs, family, lifestyle, politics, education, leisure.