May December

HBO - The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 3934 Kbps | 41mn 3s | Audio: English AC3 384 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None | 1.26 GiB
Genre: Documentary

Documentary focuses on the workers of the General Motors Assembly Plant in Moraine, Ohio - which opened in 1981, and churned out an average of 280,000 small trucks and SUVs a year - from the announcement a year ago that the Plant will be closing, to its last day on December 23, 2008, just two days before Christmas. While the workers are shocked that they will be losing their jobs, we quickly see they are also losing much more: the pride they share in their work, the camaraderie built through the years, and the shared concerns about what their collective futures will hold. As the major industry in Moraine closes its doors for good, many see its demise as an indication of the changing American manufacturing landscape, which seems to be dying as products are increasingly being made elsewhere. The film offers a snapshot of a moment in America where we may be seeing the end of the blue-collar middle class.

Channel 4 - Stammer School: Musharaf Finds His Voice (2014)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 1616 Kbps | 47mn 28s | Audio: English AC3 384 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None | 693 MiB
Genre: Documentary

Documentary following struggling stammerers as they enrol on an intensive four-day course to conquer their speech impediment. The programme features Musharaf Asghar, who viewers may recognise from Educating Yorkshire. Joining him is 23-year-old Vicky Croft, who developed a stammer last December following a minor stroke. Now more likely to stay at home than go out with friends, she dreams of getting back to the bubbly, confident person she used to be. The programme follows Mushy, Vicky and other participants on an emotional journey as they learn new breathing techniques and tackle the problem of talking on the phone as well as public speaking.

Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother's lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries

“Bakumatsu”, which literally means the “end of the Shogunate rule,” or the “end of the Tokugawa Period,” is a truly moving and historic motion picture about the men who devoted their lives to bringing about governmental reform in Japan. From the year 1603 until about 1700, the Tokugawa Shogunate was able to maintain a peaceful and orderly government by exercising strict law enforcement upon the people. Edo and Osaka flourished into great cities; the population also increased rapidly. Moreover, on the cultural side, popular arts such as the theatre, novel, and color prints began to flourish. However, after the first one quarter of the 18th Century, economic disasters combined with numerous other causes led to the weakening of the Shogunal system, until finally on December 9, 1868, the declaration of the new Meiji government brought to an end the historic 250 years of rule under the Tokugawa family.