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.
Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean, and embark on his first jour...
From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcan...
It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...
To the Least of My Brothers and Sisters is a new documentary on the life of Jerome Lejeune, the Fath...
Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places...
“Harry & Meghan: An African Journey" features unprecedented access and exclusive interview with The ...
A true film account of a three-month safari in the big game hunting areas of the Dark Continent, und...
Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Ven...
This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russi...
Filmmaker Christopher Quinn observes the ordeal of three Sudanese refugees -- Jon Bul Dau, Daniel Ab...
In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty-five years ...
An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushm...
Peter Westerveld, artist and visionary, doesn’t want institutions to resolve the problems linked to ...
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...
The untold tragedy and scandal of what happened to a vibrant community of immigrants from the Cape V...
Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small...
In the Land That Is Like You is a progress on the tracks of my lost past, with the contact of my mot...
This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronauti...