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.

Poet, agricultural engineer and revolutionary Amílcar Cabral was born in Guinea-Bissau to Cape Verde...


This film is the result of more than two years of work tracking down archive material and witnesses ...

Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth ...

A reportage cross-cutting film about the development of Africa from 1900-1936, using archive footage...

In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever c...

William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the "Star Trek" TV series have influenced and i...

Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leo...
Every now and then, we get a teacher who doesn't just connect with us -- they make us a better perso...
In common with many L.A. Rebellion films, Snake touches on such themes as institutionalized racism, ...

Join critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theor...

The Dream Is Alive takes you into space alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Share with th...

Africa is a land of giants. Its powerful rivers sculpt the earth and form impressive valleys and wat...

The story of Cuban refugees who risked their lives in homemade rafts to reach the United States, and...