Hvor går grænsen for retfærdighed? For socialt ansvar? The Accused kaster et stærkt og tankevækkende blik på menneskets natur og individets moralske samvittighed og på en retsproces, der behandler ofret som en forbryder. Jodie Foster ses her i den Oscar-vindende præstation som den intense og indædt selvstændige Sarah Tobias, som udsættes for gruppevoldtægt på en lokal bar. Det er imidlertid kun begyndelsen på hendes prøvelse. Sarah går nu i kamp mod retssystemet – ikke én, men to gange eftersom hun og hendes advokat går efter både overfaldsmændene og tilskuerne, som i begejstring heppede på og opfordrede til overfaldet.
Den enlige mor Daphne Wilder elsker sine tre døtre meget højt. Så højt, at hun vil gøre alt for at undgå, at de laver de samme fejl, som hun selv gjorde. Og derfor beslutter hun sig for at finde den perfekte mand til den yngste datter Milly. Daphne smider en kontaktannonce på nettet for indlede jagten på drømme-svigersønnen. Samtidig er hun ved at drive sine døtre fuldstændig til vanvid!
Short subject on how fashion is created-- not by the great couturiers, but on the street.
A photoshoot on the roofs and in the streets of Paris, under the astonished eyes of the inhabitants.
The history of Hip-Hop / Urban fashion and its rise from southern cotton plantations to the gangs of 1970s in the South Bronx, to corporate America, and everywhere in-between. Supported by rich archival materials and in-depth interviews with individuals crucial to the evolution of a way of life--and the outsiders who studied and admired them – Fresh Dressed goes to the core of where style was born on the black and brown side of town.
Charles Lewis founded TapouT in 1997, prompting a whirlwind life that intersected the birth of a sport. Selling TapouT apparel out of the trunk of his car during road trips throughout California, a hot bed of mixed martial arts in the late 1990s, Lewis took on the superhero persona of “Mask" as he donned war paint on his face and wore outlandish comic book outfits. Mask's vision quickly came to represent hardcore aspects of MMA fandom at a time when the sport floundered under political pressure. The history of MMA cannot be told without mentioning Charles “Mask” Lewis, or the era in which he emerged. On March 11, 2009, Lewis was killed by a drunk driver in Newport Beach, Calif. To honor his contributions, the sport's dominant promoter, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), posthumously inducted "Mask" as the first and only non-fighter into the UFC Hall of Fame.
A story about a young man who doesn't believe in sincerity meets Don Quixote, the president of an underwear company, and his right-hand man, Sancho, and becomes sincere both in underwear and in life.
What is it about Speedos? Well here Australian director Tim Hunter is on a mission to find the answer to the question of why so many gay men can't seem to get enough of hunks in tight fitting trunks? Although somehow I think the answer can be found in the question! Anyway in a bid to discover the truth, Hunter has carried out a series of interviews with men who have more than a passing interest in this briefest of garment, including that of Speedo designer Peter Travis, who here relates his part in the history of 'the male equivalent of the Wonder Bra.'
Today, few people's clothes attract as much attention as the royal family, but this is not a modern-day paparazzi-inspired obsession. Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, reveals that it has always been this way. Exploring the royal wardrobes of our kings and queens over the last four hundred years, Lucy shows this isn't just a public fascination, but an important and powerful message from the monarchs. From Elizabeth I to the present Queen Elizabeth II, Lucy explains how the royal wardrobe's significance goes far beyond the cut and color of the clothing. Royal fashion is, and has always been, regarded as a very personal statement to reflect their power over the reign. Most kings and queens have carefully choreographed every aspect of their wardrobe; for those who have not, there have sometimes been calamitous consequences. As much today as in the past, royal fashion is as much about politics as it is about elegant attire.
A woman with a taste for expensive clothing has four nightmares. An impoverished disabled girl sells her hair, a trapper finds he has an unfaithful wife, the wife of a dying weaver finds she cannot work the loom, and a model harassed by her boss is driven to murder.
Gracinda, a young laundry washer, lives with her godfather, "Uncle" Jacinto, and together they run a family business, doing the laundry for residents of Lisbon in their small village in the outskirts of that city (Canecas). Unfortunately, the business is not going very well, but that changes when Gracinda decides to go to the city to try to convince Chico, "Uncle" Jacinto's son, with whom she is in love, to return to the village and give new life to the business. The village is preparing for the annual festivities and a dispute erupts between "Uncle" Jacinto and his business rival , the widow Quiteria, when each of them invites different bands to play at the same time during the party and dances
What does a rural town in South Carolina have to do with China? Americans consume nearly twenty billion new items of clothing each year, and at least one billion of them are made in China. Cotton Road uncovers the transnational movement of cotton and tells the stories of workers lives in a conventional cotton supply chain. From rural farms in South Carolina to factory cities in China, we span the globe to encounter the industrial processes behind our rapacious consumption of cheap clothing and textile products. Are we connected to one another through the things we consume? Cotton Road explores a contemporary landscape of globalized labor through human stories and provides an opportunity to reflect on the ways our consumption impacts others and drives a global economy.
A domestic comedy about the McGinis family—husband Aloysius, wife Clarice, daughter Julie, and housemaid Belladonna. The simple story lines often parody society's concern with material goods as an indicator of social standing, but the series was not as narrowly focused as the title implies. The Joneses were the McGinis's neighbors, but were not depicted. They were referred to as objects of envy, with whom the McGinis family was "trying to keep up." In this film, Pa McGinis decides to buy a new hat.
The American woman is the best dressed woman in the world. This is due to Yankee ingeniuty, which makes a fashionable, well-made dress to sell for twenty dollars or less.
This brief animated film was designed to promote the remodelling of old clothing as part of the World War II effort.
Mængden af kopiprodukter vokser og vokser. Men hvor denne industri tidligere mest beskæftigede sig med imitationer af mærkevarer som håndtasker, sko og ure, er der nu sket en eksplosiv stigning i falske medicinalprodukter, tvivlsomme fødevarer, legetøj, elektronik, reservedele til biler og mikrochips.
Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.
I 2000 blev der fundet et par cowboybukser fra 1880 i en forladt mine. De blev solgt på eBay for 46.532 dollar! Det er historien om cowboybuksen i en nøddeskal. De blå jeans, der efterhånden findes i alle farver, har taget hele turen fra arbejdstøj under den industrielle revolution og været cowboyernes fortrukne klædedragt til et nutidigt modefænomen for mænd, kvinder og børn. Lommerne og sømmene har må ske ændret sig lidt gennem årene, men ingen ville løfte et øjenbryn, hvis man spadserede ned ad gaden iført cowboybukserne fra 1880.
A man, dedicated to his family, discovers what the true meaning of love is as he embarks on a horrific journey through the wilderness.
Traceable follows Laura Siegel, a fashion designer who takes a critical look at the fashion supply chain and fast fashion industry, travels through India in order to meet and work together with the artisans who create the majority of the clothing that we wear. The film explores our growing disconnect of how and who makes our clothing, thus instilling a need for traceability in the fashion industry.