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.
From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcan...
This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronauti...
It's war. War against an invisible enemy that is not as deadly as we are told. The world is changing...
Trees talk, know family ties and care for their young? Is this too fantastic to be true? German fore...
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...
An epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall — an ambitious vision to grow a wall of trees stretc...
Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small...
Sven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his fathe...
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...
The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader w...
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
The use of embryonic stem cells has ignited fierce debate across the spiritual and political spectru...
Let There Be Light follows the story of dedicated scientists working to build a small sun on Earth, ...
Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held ...
Documentary following Serbian football coach Zoran Đorđević as he helps form South Sudan's first nat...
Sniper: Bulletproof deconstructs and analyzes the little-known sniper events that have occurred when...
Join critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theor...
ME/CFS is a devastating disease that affects around 300,000 people in Germany alone. There has been ...
This is a film that will give a voice to the science-minded moms - the women who are too often drown...
Travel across Vietnam on a breathtaking cultural and historical journey. Uncover ancient Chinese inf...