For over 50 years composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter has shattered the limitations of jazz and has been at the forefront of every progressive jazz movement. His iconic body of work as a solo artist, as a part of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the famed Miles Davis Quintet and fusion pioneers Weather Report, has defined and redefined jazz for generations.
　　Wayne Shorter is a multiple Grammy Award-winner whose compositions have become jazz standards and whose unique approach to saxophone has forever changed how the instrument is played.  Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity is a complete and intimate portrait of this mythical figure, peeling away the enigmatic aura of his legacy to reveal the essence of his life and how it has informed his music.
　　In his own words, Shorter will share personal and creative exchanges with John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Rene Fleming and many others. Family and close friends will share pivotal moments in his personal life and how he overcame adversity while creating a prolific body of work. His moral courage, his enlightened vision of life reflects his commitment towards creating world peace and positive social change through music.
　　The innovative world of Wayne Shorter is diverse, progressive and unique. Books, movies, science fiction, mythology and philosophy have informed his music and  had a profound impact on all aspects of his life.  This documentary will give viewers insight into Shorter’s history with interviews and archival footage of his prolific years as a sideman and composer. .
　　In Shorter’s rare case, he is even more prolific and groundbreaking now in his 80’s than he was in the last five decades. This documentary delves into a first hand look at his artistic process while capturing the depth of his current modern orchestral compositions and collaborations with world renowned orchestras and his own stellar Wayne Shorter Quartet.
　　Wayne Shorter plays music to be more human. By giving our audience the freedom to experience his music without any constraints or preconceived ideas of what jazz is or should be, we have the rare opportunity to celebrate the musical legacy of a jazz legend in the present tense while taking a humanistic journey into the fruits of the unknown with his next creative venture …    ZERO GRAVITY

　　Follows the life of Steven Stayner and his family, diving into the family's 50-year journey to unravel the tale of two brothers, one deemed a villain and the other a hero.

　　动画作者John Canemaker的父亲在1995年去世，对他来说，父亲一直活在自己的脑海中，就像那夜空中的月亮，时常与之对话。
　　多年后，他以父子对话的形式制作了这部30分钟的动画，回忆了孩童时期暴怒的父亲、紧张而又幸福的家庭关系、少年时期父亲涉嫌的旅馆纵火案、父亲从意大利到美国这段时光的黑帮发家史……作者通过影像资料、照片、漫画以及动画等形式回忆了自己的童年和与父亲之间矛盾而又无以言表的奇妙关系。
　　本片获2006年奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖。

　　This animated short features two soundtracks - in one, Frank narrates an autobiography,in the other, he reads off a list of words beginning with the letter "f." Tying the two soundtracks together and influencing their subject matter is the animated collage of photos collected from magazines - all arranged by theme and each theme merging into the next.