Many geneticists and archaeologists have long surmised that human life began in Africa. Dr. Spencer Wells, one of a group of scientists studying the origin of human life, offers evidence and theories to support such a thesis in this PBS special. He claims that Africa was populated by only a few thousand people that some deserted their homeland in a conquest that has resulted in global domination.

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this fi...
Dr. Helen Caldicott is the most prominent anti-nuclear activist in the world. She's been featured on...

In a fascinating geopolitical drama, Danish filmmaker Mik-Meyer closely follows Ravalomanana as he a...

Shot with stunning elegance and clarity, NAKED SPACES explores the rhythm and ritual of life in the ...

Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("...

Every year, on the steppes of the Serengeti, the most spectacular migration of animals on our planet...

Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small...

With more than 300 days a year, the sun dominates this country so much that it’s even shining from t...

Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives...
Documentary about living with an addict and grappling with the genetic propensity of becoming one.

We are living in the time of a heteronormative society that antagonizes Queer people for their Being...

An experimental film following a trip made by three friends in which the contrast between the agitat...

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

This film speaks of archaic peoples, their customs and mores, in an attempt to make the last snapsho...

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice is a documentary presented by English anatomist Dr. Alice Rober...

An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and fo...

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLY looks at how a national nuisance has shaped Australia and its people, confo...