Japan’s textbook examination system is meant to allow non-government entities to freely create textbooks in alignment with the country’s criteria, but there is actually a lack of freedom. Some invisible pressure is applied through the government’s authority, forcing textbook production to follow their wishes.In 1997, military comfort women were written about in all middle school history textbooks, but right-wing politicians heavily rallied against this. One long-established publisher was attacked, and it eventually went bankrupt for writing about the damages inflicted by the Japanese army in detail.As political pressure grows, there are even plans to rewrite the terminology of history based on the Japanese government’s point of view. Political interference in textbooks is growing. This film documents how the government’s destruction of textbooks, academics, and education has progressed, based on testimonies by politicians, textbook writers, teachers, and other involved parties.
The best magicians of the 21st century set out on a journey to search for the lost author of the most legendary book about the art of sleight of hand.
《牌桌上的高手》一本被誉为纸牌魔术圣经,是全球魔术师必读的戏法宝典。而作者的
真实身份至今仍是一个未解之谜。他是臭名昭著的骗子?是魔术天才?无人知晓、无从考证,只留下无数关于他的神话和传说。由此,二十一世纪最优秀的魔术师们开始了一段寻找最传奇的魔术艺术书籍失传作者的旅程。
Worldwide stories of human-animal bonds, following pet owners and rescuers with dogs, cats, pigs, goats and birds of prey. Features interviews, archives and viral clips showing people's connections with their animals.
Somewhere on the internet is a land where communities pretend to live out a survivalist fiction. The avatars of the directors of Knit’s Island spent 963 hours there, creating a fascinating film resulting from their encounter with these communities. The “players” reveal their fears and fantasies, in an at times unsettling blurring of the real and the virtual.