早在三千六百多年前，曾经居住在中原地区的火神祝融之后遭到商王朝的驱逐，于是举族南迁，历经千辛万苦，总算在南方潮湿腥热的蛮夷地带落下脚跟。他们给自己命名为“楚人”，虽然身在边陲，却始终怀有重返中原的念头。楚人首领鬻熊协助周王朝推翻商纣的统治，然而并未得到应有的尊重和分封，周昭王的南巡更令他们对天子的期望彻底破灭。以熊渠、熊通、楚庄王等有为帝王为代表，楚人开始尝试向中原扩张。侵随战争、齐桓公来伐、城濮之战、吴楚之战。数百年的残酷战争锻炼着楚人铁一般的意志，八百年的基业逐渐走向繁荣，也走向了衰落和灭亡。  　　本片根据大量史料记载和出土文物为观众再现了楚王国波澜壮阔的历史。

Maternity hotels across Southern California house expecting Chinese mothers who have traveled to the U.S. on birthing vacations…in order to give birth and obtain U.S. citizenship for their babies. In How to Have an American Baby, director Leslie Tai creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of this shadow economy, tracing the line from Beijing and Shanghai to Los Angeles. These women spend months in America preparing for birth, oftentimes making significant sacrifices such as living alone in a foreign country where they are unable to speak the language. Tai weaves together observational footage of the women’s lives as well as the industry surrounding them to demonstrate the complexity and restrictions of borders as families seek a better life for their children. (KS) This film contains images of medical procedures and references to infant death.