Packard: The Last Shift (2014)

A história da América vista através dos olhos de Robert McNamara, ex-secretário de Defesa dos presidentes John F. Kennedy e Lyndon B. Johnson. Documentário sobre Robert McNamara, secretário de Defesa nas administrações Kennedy e Johnson, que posteriormente se tornou presidente do Banco Mundial. O documentário combina uma entrevista com o Sr. McNamara falando de algumas das tragédias e glórias do século 20, imagens de arquivo, documentos, e uma trilha sonora original de Philip Glass.

John Z DeLorean’s extraordinary and doomed attempt to build the sports car of the future in 1980s Northern Ireland is the stuff of legend. A buccaneering American entrepreneur, DeLorean had film star looks, a famous fashion model as a wife, and an enormous ego that drove him to rival the giants of the US car industry.

Poucos times na história dos esportes profissionais provocam uma gama tão ampla de emoções como o Detroit Pistons do final dos anos 1980 e início dos anos 1990.

An insider's look on the making of Penn's tennis balls, from their creation in a factory to the final stages of quality control.

Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger) é uma poderosa e ambiciosa executiva, apaixonada pelo estilo de vida que leva em Miami - roupas, sapatos, carros e belos homens. Quando surge a chance de reestruturar uma fabrica, no meio do nada, no gélido estado de Minnesota, Lucy vê a chance de uma promoção e aceita num estalar de dedos. Mas, o que seria apenas mais um trabalho se transforma numa tremenda roubada. Com seu modo de vida arrogante, a recém-chegada executiva, enfrentará situações hilárias ao ser recebida com frieza pela população da pequena cidade e em especial pelo bonitão e sindicalista Ted (Harry Connick, Jr.)

O advogado ativista liberal Jedediah alienou a filha Maggie anos atrás quando descobriu seus muitos assuntos. Agora, um advogado corporativo conservador, Maggie concorda em enfrentar o pai no tribunal. Para ganhar promoção, ela deve defender um fabricante de automóveis contra acusações de que os vagões da estação propensos a explosões não são seguros. Enquanto sua mãe pede paz, Maggie assume seu pai em um julgamento que se torna cada vez mais pessoal e desagradável.

Hunt Stevenson trabalha para uma grande fabrican de automóveis que acaba de ser comprada por uma empresa japonesa. De repente, tendo que justificar seu próprio trabalho, ele é forçado a escolher entre a redundância ou a ética de trabalho japonesa aparentemente desumana que os novos proprietários trouxeram com eles.

Joel (Jason Bateman) é um botânico e empresário prestes a vender sua empresa de extração de essências e assim curtir uma bela aposentadoria. Eis que um acidente de trabalho com uma de suas funcionárias provoca uma desintegração total, levando a uma série de desastres que coloca seus negócios e sua vida pessoal em perigo.

A short film about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe factory to operate in Oakland. Oakland was once a world-famous center of quality blade-making.

Em meio às longas estradas, quarteirões, fábricas abandonadas e lagos que formam a área metropolitana de Detroit, quatro jovens procuram por amor e aventura na última noite do verão. Maggie, Rob, Claudia e Scott exploram as maravilhas da vida suburbana e correm atrás dos primeiros beijos, paqueras, festas e da popularidade. Ao procurarem pela experiência adolescente ideal, eles descobrem os momentos mais simples que se tornarão parte de sua juventude.

As CFO, Alexander Meier fights for the survival of the long-established Walser company – dutifully, quickly and perfectionist to the point of self-abandonment. When Hans-Werner Brockmann, an unscrupulous top manager, is appointed, he gets involved in a power struggle that increasingly throws him off track. Before the ruins of his existence, Alexander sees only one possibility left to take revenge on Brockmann.

Documentary about the VW Beetle and its origins.

The name of car manufacturer Carl F. W. Borgward is still synonymous with the West German Wirtschaftswunder. For hundreds of thousands the "Isabella" from Borgward is the first car after the war while Borgward secures thousands of jobs in Bremen. But in 1961, the company of the passionate constructor goes surprisingly broke.

The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.

In the 1800s, brickmaking was one of the largest manufacturing industries in Australia. Hoffman's Brickworks in Brunswick, Victoria, was a leader of this industry, running for 133 years and fostering a strong union. Indeed Hoffman's was the birthplace of the Brickmaker's Union in Victoria. In this film, director Grant Hobson covers the final week of operation of this historic site, in December 1993. He interviews the union representatives and the close family of workers, some of whom he is able to reunite in May 2010 on the site. It is a nostalgic reflection on the heyday and demise of brickmaking in Victoria, as well as capturing the colourful personalities that illustrate the post-war migrant experience in relation to work and settling in Melbourne.

This documentary film follows for 22 years a nine-member family involved in the manufacturing of Udon in the Goto Islands, Nagasaki prefecture. Mr. Toru Inuzuka called by nickname "Tora-san" is making famous 'Goto Udon' and natural salt on the island on which the depopulation is progressing. Seven children get up at 5 o'clock every morning, helping to make udon, and go to school. Children's help is recorded on the time card, and it is pocket money for children. The film talks about children's growth, marriage, childbirth, homecoming, and parting. The 22 years of familiarity of the family is drawn.

A naïve yet optimistic young man finds himself in a world he's not familiar with after his blind date leaves him, mistaking her desertion for her being lost and needing rescued.

Since World War II, Porsche has manufactured cars that have disrupted the automobile industry, like the 911.

This public television documentary examines the passionate life and career of Elbert Hubbard, a businessman who in 1895 established a socially progressive community of arts and crafts-style furniture-makers and other artisans in New York state. Narrated by actor Liev Schreiber, this film explores the scope of Hubbard's vision and his commune that became known for its controversial political activism as much as for its exquisite handmade goods.

This award-winning documentary film chronicles the accomplishments and relationship of John and Nathanael Herreshoff. These determined brothers overcame all obstacles, including blindness, to earn a worldwide reputation in yacht design and construction.