The documentary tells two very different human fates in the 1920s Soviet Union. Nikolai Vavilov was a botanical genius, Trofim Lyssenko was an agronomist who made great promises and fake inventions. Each of them tried to solve the country's nutritional problem, but only one succeeded.

In this sprawling 33-part epic, Dianetics therapy and the effects it has on human minds are explored...

A story about the clash of two cultures, two worlds - traditional Tajik culture and the new, invadin...

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. M...

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accura...

A propaganda documentary on the post war reconstruction of Miensk, capital of Belarus.

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

The sad story of a drunken athlete.

Leading biblical scholars and religious experts discuss the implications of the Rapture, when prophe...

This remarkable documentary dedicates itself to an extraordinary chapter of the second World War – t...
During World War II, the propaganda engine of the U.S. government made a pivotal decision with unfor...

Holocaust survivors, children of survivors, and grandchildren - as well as German freedom fighters -...

Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and a...
Made by the highly influential Russian cameraman Roman Karmen, this documentary vividly features Alb...

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create ...

No one knows why for certain, but from 1968 to 1973 communist Albania enjoyed a brief liberalisation...

President Mikhail Gorbachev recounts the end of the Cold War and the reduction of nuclear arms.

Human genetics is one of the most exciting fields in science at the moment. Not only does it advance...

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presi...

Wes Hurley's autobiographical tale of growing up gay in Soviet Union Russia, only to escape with his...