Movies

The Founding Fathers yearned for a nation of individual liberty. However, the origins of America were overflowing with a deep-seated paradox. It’s ironic how America’s Founding Fathers established a nation of individual liberty while many owned slaves. Show More

The 31st president, Herbert Hoover, was an Iowa native who had the misfortune to be in the White House when the stock market crashed in 1929. He presided over the Great Depression’s early years before losing his reelection bid to FDR in 1932. An engineer by profession, Hoover directed WWI-era humanitarian aid to Europe and […]

The Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa is a world of extremes. The name is based on a local term for “The Great Thirst”. Its harsh cycles of dry and wet, scarcity and plenty dictate which creatures can live here and which will die. Show More

Can the story of John Steinbeck’s journey inspire new efforts to preserve the Sea of Cortez, or Gulf of California and the global biosphere of the oceans? Show More

The bonds between the crew members of Arizona have lasted far beyond the ship’s loss on 7 December. Since 1982, the U.S. Navy has allowed survivors of USS Arizona to be interred in the ship’s wreckage upon their deaths. In this moving tribute using archival footage, aerial drones and contemporary interviews, we follow the family […]

From baby killers and a Moors Murderer to suffragettes, and even a suspected witch, criminologist David Wilson delves deeply into the history of HM Prison Holloway. Once Europe’s largest women’s prison, Hollow prepares to close its bars forever. Learn its rich and complex history, and how it reflected attitudes toward women and crime. Show More

Tanks were first used during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. While Britain and France built thousands of tanks, Germany only developed and brought 20 vehicles of a single design into service. During the Cold War, they would continue to be produced in […]

Hamilton, an orphaned baby manatee, is a peaceful ocean giant. that inhabits Florida’s waters. Aggression is completely alien to them, but the world bears a lot of dangers which young Hamilton gets to experience firsthand. Experience his outstanding will to survive. Show More

This film shares some of the countless stories of tragedy, devastation and heroism from The Halifax Explosion which occurred in December, 1917. It recounts the dramatic events of individuals who lost their sight, those who were there to lend aid and support to the injured, and then those individuals and groups who made significant contributions […]

Gemma Barker, a 21-year-old Briton, is serving 30 months in prison for fraud and sexual assault. For several months, she invented and impersonated three different boys, and under these three separate guises, went on to seduce two teenage girls. This film tells the extraordinary and chilling story through the personal accounts of Gemma’s victims. Show […]

With 30 football fields of forest lost each minute in the world, we need to know now if we can save nature. This is the story of one conservation project, Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER). After decades of land-clearing and burning across Sumatra, the remote Kampar Peninsula is now the last great peatland rainforest on the […]

The Western Ghats of India is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world. This film covers the El-Nino season, a time of tremendous Monsoon in India from May through October. We follow a majestic, small and fascinating bird called the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher. Show More

A combination of hurricane-force winds and electric poles start the Honda Canyon Fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. In the course of events following the morning of December 20, 1977, a conflict of cultures emerged. Military commanders, fearful of the Base’s cold war secrets being compromised, attempted to control the protocols and procedures of […]

South African theater personality Taliep Petersen was murdered at his home in 2006. The men were hired by his wife to murder him. Show More

Honor one of World War 2’s most respected combat leaders, Major Richard D. Winters of Easy Company. This film traces Winters’ formative years growing up in Pennsylvania, his development as a leader in the U.S. Army, the famed attack on Brecourt Manor on D-Day and the edication on June 6, 2012 of the Richard D. […]