For generations, we have believed that man is driven by ruthless self-interest. But over the past decade, this idea has been increasingly challenged. New research from fields as diverse as political science, psychology, sociology and experimental economics is forcing us to rethink human actions and motivation. ‘The Altruism Revolution’ examines the scientific reasons behind the call for a more caring society.
Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found...
Michael Sheen faces the interview of a lifetime with The Assembly, a group of autistic, neurodiverge...
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. T...
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for ...
Richard Feynman was a scientific genius with - in his words - a "limited intelligence". This dichoto...
Documentary on writer/philospher Simone de Beauvoir via interviews of herself and friends suppliment...
The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...
"Voice of the wind" (La Voz del Viento) describes a journey made by Carlos and Jean-Luc from Marseil...
This is a film about Ludwig Wittgenstein and Arnold Schoenberg; two men whose lives and ideas run pa...
Incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildf...
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles ...
An educational film about power sources that’s rendered as a lyrical meditation on heat and vapor, T...
The story of the evolution of a boy from Nebraska who became one of the most respected men in the wo...
A feature length documentary which invites the viewer to rediscover an enchanted cosmos in the moder...
A documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the...
A documentary about the technological progress responsibility in employment destruction, analyzed by...
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the stre...
"The Last Dragon" is a nature mockumentary about a British scientific team that attempts to understa...
A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over ...