Produced by WGBH-TV in Boston, the Medium Is the Medium is one of the earliest and most prescient examples of the collaboration between public...

"James Reston investigates the role of a police informant in the 1979 murder of five civil rights demonstrators by a group of Klan and Nazi Party...

a cross between impressionist documentary, music video and live-action photo-essay

Humans are the most innovative species on Earth. See how engineers are supercharging our abilities, reaching beyond our horizons, and altering our...

An undercover investigation focuses on the Taliban's crackdown on women in Afghanistan.

Reporter Arnie Reisman looks at the goals and hopes for The Big Dig, Bostonians’ opinions of the project at the time, and the history and...

Archaeological work on the Mayan civilization in Central America is revealing new facts about Mayan history, religion, agriculture, social structure,...

Nova looks at how the Wright brothers made their first powered flight through the efforts of enthusiasts to replicate the Wright's early gliders and...

Synopsis by Laura Mahnken Lennart Nilsson, the famed photographer who brought us the spectacular insight into the mysteries of life before birth in...

Account of one of the most critical periods of World War II. In the spring of 1940, Holland, Belgium, and France fell to Hitler's army. The Soviet...

A biography of Osama Bin Laden, from his parents' humble origins through the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Features interviews...

Short documentary about the great American '50s highway

An analysis of how the Red Baron died and who was responsible.

An award-winning documentary of the invasion of Normandy in World War II, using rare archival films and pictures from British, American, and German...

In central China, a vast underground mausoleum conceals a life-size terracotta army of cavalry, infantry, horses, chariots, weapons, administrators,...

Nearly half of the one million people in the United States infected with HIV are black men, women and children. Trace the history of the AIDS...

When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.

A woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed. Her investigation into what happened sets in motion a...

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is...

When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted...

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in...

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront...

When an old acquaintance is murdered, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his...

Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a...