African Americans have served the US military in every war the US has fought. Formalized discrimination against black people lasted from its creation during the Revolutionary War to the end of segregation by President Truman’s Executive order 9981 in 1948. This documentary follows the stories of more than one million African-American soldiers who served in … Read more
Nova presents a unique view of the downfall of the Inca people. Using CSI-type forensics, archaeologists dig into the Inca’s past, revealing new information about their battles (and eventual extinction) with the Spanish. Looking into a mass grave, scientists find what may be the first gunshot wounds of North American, and learn that the ‘swift … Read more
This hour adventure documentary follows the world’s largest amateur rally, the Budapest-Bamako. Teams lusting for adventure set out from the Hungarian capital to reach West Africa. Three Norwegian adventurers attempt to complete the 9000 kilometer ride on their 20 year old Vespas across the Sahara. Follow them and race founder Andrew G. Szabo as they … Read more
What does smell fell like? How does love smell like? How does fear smell like? Can you use scent to control your behavior? Or to find out something about people around you? Dogs do this all the time. They sniff everything and everyone around them to discover the world. How similar are we to dogs? … Read more
Elon Musk has argued that we almost certainly live in a simulated reality. Is he correct? This documentary explores the philosopher Nick Bostrom’s now famous Simulation Argument, and the possibility that we live in a simulation created by an advanced civilization. The simulation hypothesis is a proposal regarding the nature of existence which posits that … Read more
In medieval times, the firm belief that the world was flat led to the riots, isolation, and even death to those who dared to challenge this fallacy. Misconceptions and myths can be dangerous. Today, this same ignorance and intolerance has led to a backlash against Islam and Muslims. It will support the dissemination of true … Read more
To counterfeit means to imitate something. Counterfeit products are fake replicas of the real product. Counterfeit products are often produced with the intent to take advantage of the superior value of the imitated product. The word counterfeit frequently describes both the forgeries of currency and documents, as well as the imitations of clothing, handbags, shoes, … Read more
Blue cheeses are some of the most popular cheese ingredients in the kitchen. Blue cheese is a category of cheeses that contain spots or stripes of the mold Penicillium. Gorgonzola is a specific type of blue cheese, produced in Northern Italy. It has a unique taste and appearance. Gorgonzola is known as a veined Italian … Read more
Shot before the 2008 Summer Olympics this PBS documentary shows the power and social structure of China. This part documents the changing role for women in modern day China.
Imagine a world in which every night is six months long? Can you imagine living in a world like that? That would be exactly the world we would have to live if the Earth stopped spinning. We all know from our high school days that the Earth spins around its own axle, and orbits around … Read more