
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. T...

Hong Kong started and flourished as a fishing port in the past, and its people have long been commit...

A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel wh...

In 1847, British writer Emily Brontë (1818-48), perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë siste...

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui – also known as Easter Island – carved and raised, and wh...

Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.

This documentary by Theo Kamecke from 1970 gives an in-depth and profound look at the Apollo 11 miss...

A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972), according to his own words, taken...

The Victorian era is often cited for its lack of sexuality, but as this documentary reveals, the per...

This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record...

In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombin...

They come from all walks of life and have lived for almost a century. They have lived through the up...

Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and...

Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discer...

On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our histo...

Ric Burns unearths rarely seen footage and offers keen observations on the life and artistic influen...


In the first decades of the 20th century, when life was being transformed by scientific innovations,...

The documentary traced the fast food company's journey from Route 66 diner to planet-conquering gian...

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...