Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.
经过四十亿年的漫长演变，地球变成一个物种繁多、资源丰富、奇特美丽的蓝色星球。然而自人类出现以来，我们只用了二十万年的时间，便将地球的宝贵资源消耗殆尽。珍稀物种灭绝，原始资源奇缺，污染日益严重，人类以及地球的明天将何去何从？ 导演扬恩•亚瑟经过15年的筹备，历访50多个国家拍成此片。本片素材长达488小时，拍摄周期为21个月，共动用88,000名员工，从澳洲海底的大堡礁到非洲肯亚高原的乞力马扎罗山；从亚玛逊热带雨林到戈壁沙漠；从美国德萨斯州连绵不断的棉花田到中国上海、深圳的工业城镇。影片以上帝的俯瞰视角向世人展现地球的绝美以及日趋危急的现状。明天并不遥远，但我们该选择怎样的未来？
这部系列纪录片讲述了一桩谋杀案，涉案人是一名西班牙厨师，他凭借各种秘密和虚假身份打造了一番众人瞩目的事业。
法国当代艺术家克莱门特·科吉托，将法国音乐家让-菲利普·拉莫创作的欧洲启蒙时代芭蕾歌剧巅峰代表作《华丽的印第安人》再度搬上舞台，将古典华丽的巴洛克风格变为简洁夸张的巴黎市郊移民族群风貌。本片详实记录了这部震撼巴黎的歌舞剧的排练过程，30名地下舞者表演了嘻哈舞、折手舞、霹雳舞、狂派舞等，他们不同的民族和家庭背景，从导演构思到编舞排练，直到巴黎歌剧院公演。演出的最后铿锵有力，余音绕梁。这不仅是舞蹈与音乐的盛宴，也是新思潮的诞生。法国音乐剧爱好者的必看之作。
