Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Allison Golding (Ali Thomas), serving a life sentence for having an abortion. As politicians, journalists and other key figures discuss Allison's case, they reveal how American society reached this totalitarian state.

Jack Johnson是位着名的重量级拳王，但对於黑人来说，身处种族歧视严重的年代却保持我行我素的生活态度，才是他们景仰的地方。Johnson的勇气十足，白人花钱买票进场看他和白人拳手对决〈心里当然希望看他被海扁〉，在嘘声震天的场地里他仍面无惧色地撂倒一个个对手。尤有甚者，当时黑人男子若勾搭白妞恐遭杀身之祸，但Johnson却独排众议，专挑白人共渡良宵，即使麻烦缠身。整部纪录片突显了Johnson追求自由的精神，最终目的也在於嘲讽一个自始便存在奴隶制度的国家，竟有脸宣称“人生来平等”！？

剧情介绍：纪录片将呈现北美大陆上最壮丽物种的传记，一种不可思议、毛茸茸的野兽，它在许多令人激动、神话般甚至令人心碎的故事中扮演着核心角色。故事中，水牛给我们带来了很多思考。在19世纪末令人震惊的迅速消失浪潮中，仅存的最后一批较大规模的水牛群惨遭屠杀，当数个世纪以来数量庞大的的动物突然间只剩下几百头时，美国人不得不开始重视起来：他们竟能将一个物种推向灭绝边缘。

　　禁酒令这部PBS的纪录片分为三集，总共有五个半小时。这部纪录片由Ken Burns和Lynn Novick执导，讲述了将禁酒令写进美国第18次宪法修正案的起起伏伏和其间所涉及的各种重大事件。

　　当一个多世纪的激进主义反对达到顶点时，禁酒令却似乎真的提升甚至高尚化了美国人的生活水平，使得个人，家庭，乃至整个社会免于遭受滥用酒精所带来的毁灭性影响。

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