From Rockefeller's first oil wells in 1860 to the recent war in Iraq, oil has been the driving force behind the tragic history of the 20th century. As a vital and strategic raw material, it has been at the heart of all political calculations. So much so that the world of oil has always been dominated by opacity and misinformation. The film lifts the veil on carefully guarded secrets and provides keys to understanding the issues surrounding oil, at a time when a veritable war over resources is underway.

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about o...

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...

It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history. ...

The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's pro...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review...

At the peak of Perestroika, in 1987, in the village of Gorki, where Lenin spent his last years, afte...

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

An excellent comprehensive look at all the music that came out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati "Roc...

1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the g...

It is the year 2546. Corporations rule the world, and an agent is on a secret mission to explore the...

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...

In 1980, the first march of gays, lesbians and transvestites took place in Brazil in protest against...
HISTORY brings you an all-encompassing documentary event cantered around the 25th anniversary of the...

Was the Christ Story stolen from other, older religions? Theologian Dr Robert Beckford investigates ...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 18...

Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva,...

The NFL has staged 48 Super Bowls. Four photographers have taken pictures at every one of them. In K...

How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black...