Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it traces the bridge's transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American culture.

The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America chronicles for the first time the complete story of this g...

Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomein...

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three mill...

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as...
Focuses on an open-pit mining operation. Shows huge haulage trucks, pointing out existing and potent...
This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Rober...

Travel through the streets of Rochester and you’ll find some extraordinary architecture. From Califo...

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the partic...

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic V...

A core group of architects embraced the West Coast from Vancouver to LA with its particular geograph...

In 1959, a government employee named Richard Oyler, living in the tiny desert town of Lone Pine, Cal...
A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in Americ...

Filmmaker Geertjan Lassche follows a construction project in the heart of Rotterdam, from the first ...

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o...

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the...

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measur...

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