A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and informative portrait of a dynamic man of vision. Grierson believed that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term 'documentary film'.

Dans la pénombre du port, Lili, une toute jeune femme, serre dans ses bras son amant, qu'elle vient de perdre. Il inventait des jeux video pour un trust japonais. Un gamin relève le defi de terminer celui qui reste inachevé.

中国摄制的纪录片，里面包含伊文思很多影片的片段，可以当做一个速读来看。

1911年，13岁的伊文思在家人的协助下拍摄了一部长200米的影片《茅屋》，只是他的第一部电影习作。
On the age of 13 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent one himself. He made a script and used a camera from his father's shop. This became his first film Wigwam, with his own family as cast. Black Eagle, a bad indian, kidnaps the daughter of a farmer's family. Flaming Arrow, played by the young Joris Ivens, saves the child from the kidnapper and brings it back to her family. No better conclusion than smoking a piece pipe.

It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them on film.