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.

Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an explor...

African drummer leaves village, makes it big in the world. Great drumming!!
This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performanc...

A Castiglioni Brothers mondo film about the practices and rites of several native African tribes.

In a studio setting, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite)...

What powers some of the brightest attractions at Disney's theme parks? Electricity! From lighting th...

Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean, and embark on his first jour...

In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, one of nature's last gr...

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the ele...

Tunahaki is the extraordinary story of nine gifted orphans who are acrobats. We follow their journey...

Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Ab...