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- DirectorPetra HaffterStarsSeth MichaelsOmar AdamMarc ApplebyThe Egyptian book of the dead could be the oldest document in human history, and the foundation of western civilization. This amazing scroll of secrets is brought back to life.
- DirectorChristopher CasselStarsSilvian DuicaClash of the Cavemen explores the long period in Europe when two human species - Neanderthals and modern humans called Cro-Magnons - co-existed. The special follows two human families - Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons - through a harsh Ice Age winter, as they compete for food, shelter and survival. These fictional characters are supported by the latest factual revelations coming from the ground and the lab about these mysterious people who lived at a defining juncture in human history.
- DirectorAlex Nikolic-DunlopStarsAmani Zain
- DirectorJohn WateStarsShôka ÔshimaSarasa FujitaJunko KimotoThe drama documentary tells the real life story of Samurai woman Takeko Nakano who in 1868 fights for her clans' independence in a final battle that marks the end of the Samurai era.
- StarsJamie McGuireDemetri GoritsasJackson Anderson40,000 years ago, the steppes of Eurasia were home to our closest relative, the Neanderthals. Recent genetic and archaeological discoveries have proven that they were not the dim-witted cave dwellers we long thought they were. In fact, they were cultured, technologically savvy, and more like us than we ever imagined! So why did they disappear? Scientists have now come to a startling conclusion.
- DirectorNiobe ThompsonStarsNiobe ThompsonWho were the first peoples of North America? Anthropologist Niobe Thompson embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery, using the latest in DNA analysis techniques to unlock the secrets behind humanity's earliest appearance in the Americas.
- DirectorJobim SampsonStarsJeff HesterMichelle ThallerStan Woosley
- DirectorChris ThorburnStarsBray PoorA Traveler's Guide to the Planets takes you on a tour into the Solar System's Hot Zone to visit the two planets both laying claim to the title of 'Real Hell'. While tiny Mercury blisters in the roasting glare of the Sun, cross over to the dark side and you'll find the temperature plummets over a thousand degrees. Back away from the Sun to cool off and we encounter Venus, our nearest neighbor. Smothered by a climate gone mad, a romantic visit to our sister planet's tortured scenery means diving into an atmosphere hot enough to melt lead, where acid smog eats bare metal for breakfast and the pressure could crush a submarine. What happened to turn our planetary neighbors so astonishingly alien? What can a visit tell us about our own?
- We strip apart black holes, one of the most feared objects in the universe, and tear off swirling galaxies of stars, planets, and cosmic dust layer by layer to explore the secrets of these hungry menaces lurking right on our cosmic doorstep.
- StarsAlexei AgratchevVint CerfKatrina CoskieLearn how web advertising, search engines and 24/7 surveillance have transformed our lives.
- DirectorRichard SmithStarsBray PoorMars is the ruby jewel in our night sky and arguably the hottest travel destination in the Solar System. Thanks to a robot invasion from Earth that began in the 1960's, we probably know more about Mars than every other destination in the Solar System combined. Not bad for a planet so cool that the average summer temperature makes a winter in Antarctica seem positively balmy. It might be freezing, there might be nothing for a human to breathe, but of all planets we know this rocky, red one is the most similar to home. Pack a good spacesuit and plenty of oxygen and prepare to be amazed. Here, under butterscotch skies, are vast rust-colored deserts and titanic canyons, towering volcanoes three times as high as Everest and mile-deep polar caps made of two different kinds of ice. This journey itself is a space traveler's dream: a short hop to the planet next door and a wealth of things to see and do. Here, on the fourth rock from the Sun, is our best chance to step into the rest of the Universe and the most likely place we know to encounter the alien life forms we might share it with.
- DirectorRichard SmithStarsBray PoorHave you ever thought of blasting off to the King of the Planets? For a truly out of this world planetary experience, you should head beyond the Asteroid Belt to the largest planet in the solar system. Welcome to Jupiter, a world so roomy that it could swallow every planet and moon in the solar system and still have room for more. Yet for all its bulk there is nowhere to land, just an infernal drop into a bottomless sky. If you like solid ground beneath your feet, there's plenty of that as well. Encircled by some 63 moons and moonlets, Jupiter is like a miniature solar system all of its own. The four biggest moons offer off-world travel opportunities to die for. Rent by eruptions and bathed in intense radiation, Io is the most volcanic place in the Solar System, at once incredibly beautiful and astoundingly dangerous. But it is tiny, frozen neighbor Europa that everyone is trying to reach. Hidden beneath its icy crust is a vast alien ocean, warmed from within, and offering one of the best chances for an encounter with aliens that we have found beyond Earth.
- DirectorRichard SmithStarsKevin H. BainesTodd BarberAndrew IngersollTake a trip to Saturn, the planetary pin-up boy, and not only do you get a ringside seat to the greatest spectacle in the solar system, but a close encounter with two extraordinary moons. Tiny Enceladus is making all the headlines as the must-see moon these days. It's the little moon that has it all: enormous geysers of water and ice shooting into space from the south pole point to a warm salty ocean beneath the surface and, perhaps, a real possibility of life. Even more earth-like and yet far more alien is Titan, with a thick atmosphere and weather. Potentially an easier surface to explore even than Mars, this is the only other world we know that you could visit without a spacesuit. Rug up for the cold and fly a hot air balloon in Titanian skies, trek across vast dune fields, or row across a Titanian lake. Just don't fall in or get caught in the rain: it's liquid natural gas out here, not water, and it'll freeze you as hard as rock.
- 2010– 47mTV-PG7.8 (28)TV EpisodeDirectorChris ThorburnStarsBray PoorGot time for a 24 year vacation? Then consider a journey to our most distant planets, the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. There's only ever been one Earthly visitor to this ice zone, the Voyager mission, launched in 1977. What would it be like to follow in its wake, for a human to undertake one of the greatest journeys in space exploration? How would you get there? What would you see? And would you ever survive? Strap yourselves in for an incredible voyage to the outer Solar System.
- DirectorChris ThorburnStarsBray PoorFor more than 70 years Pluto was counted as the ninth planet, an isolated but sentimental favorite at the end of the Solar System. But in recent years this little world has been at the center of a neighborhood dispute of cosmic proportions. Just what on Earth caused Pluto to be struck off as a planet? It now seems Pluto has company, and lots of it. And we have more in common with this distant realm than you may have ever imagined.
- DirectorSarah HoltBen LawrieRoss YoungStarsCraig SechlerMark NorellStephen BrusatteInvestigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Join scientists as they drill into the impact crater and, for the first time, reconstruct the hell on earth that unfolded in the minutes, hours and months after the impact.
- DirectorAlex Williamson
- StarsLance Newman
- DirectorMark BenderStarsJake EberleThis program looks at the remarkable occurrence of the total solar eclipse over Easter Island on July 11, 2010. The program looks at the science of the sun as it is revealed via the eclipse phenomenon and then takes us "near live" to the actual event as the film will be aired domestically only a few hours after it takes place there.
- DirectorDaniel M. SmithStarsHenry GoodmanJack BakerNicky FoxA look at NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which launched its mission to explore the sun in August 2018.
- DirectorMarc FafardStarsDonald SutherlandRodolfo CoriaIf it weren't for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could well still be the domain of dinosaurs. Following Pr Rodolfo Coria, a world-reknown Argentinian paleontologist, we visit sites of major discoveries he has contributed to in Patagonia and travel back in time to see these amazing beasts come to life in 3D. Patagonia has given us the largest living animal to ever walk the Earth: the titanesque plant-eating Argentinosaur, and its nemesis, the Giganotosaur, a bipedal carnivore that could easily challenge the famous T-Rex.
- When the tomb of King Tut was found in 1922, many believed the Valley of the Kings had given up all it's secrets. Now, archaeologists have found a new tomb just a few metres away. We will follow the experts as they discover just what, or who, lies inside.
- StarsLance Newman
- DirectorJerry ThompsonStarsDavid CharbonneauRay JayawardhanaGeoff MarcyFew people are aware of just how close mankind is to discovering other planets capable of sustaining life.
- DirectorLaura VerklanStarsErik ThompsonCraig DeForestAlex FilippenkoIt's the apocalyptic finale of our galactic neighborhood, We've now uncovered sizzling clues about our home star's violent demise. And the outcome doesn't look good for planet Earth. New cutting edge science traces the real horrors awaiting our planet as our Sun unleashes it's final fury!
- DirectorJobim SampsonStarsJeff HesterMichelle ThallerStan Woosley
- DirectorGlenn SwiftStarsChat HullEric LorenHakeem OluseyiThe Sun is a nuclear inferno, its surface raging with violent eruptions. Huge plasma storms eject electromagnetic debris across the solar system, with up to 20 threatening Earth every day. Dark spots on the surface indicate that an eruption is brewing, but once we've seen them, the race is on - a giant solar storm could be heading straight for Earth. The US Air Force shows us how they keep the skies safe by warning astronauts and rerouting pilots to avoid blasts of radiation. But where does all the Sun's power come from? This film delves inside this gas goliath to explore the source of all Earth's energy. Every second, the Sun generates nine million times the USA's annual energy consumption. Sunning CGI animation peels off the boiling layers of the Sun to unlock the mysteries of this giant nuclear reactor.
- 2010– 44mTV-PG8.6 (120)TV EpisodeDirectorMark BridgeStarsRichard LinternMike RowePhil PlaitBeneath Jupiter's swirling clouds lie our solar system's deepest secrets: from its violent youth, through the birth of life to the death of the sun. Now, scientists are unlocking these secrets and discovering that every living thing exists tha to Jupiter.
- DirectorMark BridgeStarsRichard LinternMike RoweHakeem OluseyiGiant magnetic bubbles millions of miles wide, bizarre invisible matter, and a death star tearing through bands of icy comets, flinging them into violent orbits. All this and more could be inside our cosmic backyard, and effecting our lives on Earth.
- DirectorRuth ChaoStarsRoss HuguetAlan SternEdward StoneNine years travel. New wonders to discover.
- DirectorMark BridgeStarsErik DellumsRichard LinternMike RoweThere is a hellish planet in our solar system; covered in thick dense clouds and roasted by colossal temperatures. Incredibly this is a vision of Earth's future. To understand how our world will be destroyed we need to look at Earth's evil twin Venus.
- DirectorDouglas CohenStarsErik ThompsonJay PasachoffHolly GilbertThe physical processes driving the energetic dynamics of the Sun and the resulting impact on the earth are examined.
- DirectorTony LongStarsErik ThompsonKenneth NealsonNeil deGrasse TysonProgram recaps the basic knowledge about Mars normally covered in high school.
- DirectorLaura VerklanStarsErik ThompsonRob Roy BrittRussell SchweickartA few of the cosmic threats to life on earth reviewed include meteors, gamma ray bursts and, in the distant future, evolution of the sun.
- DirectorAmy HugginsAndrew NockStarsErik ThompsonNeil deGrasse TysonRob Roy BrittThe Universe examines the stormy gas giant Jupiter and its mini-solar system of over 60 moons.
- DirectorTony LongStarsErik ThompsonWilliam HartmannEverett GibsonThe unique features of Earth's moon and the processes that shaped it are described. Past theories of the Moon's formation are also presented.
- DirectorLaura VerklanStarsErik ThompsonDonald BrownleeSeiji SugitaTake a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun, Earth. A survivor of one of the most violent "neighborhoods" in the universe, learn how earth was created and discover what creatures hold clues to how life began.
- 2007–201545mTV-147.9 (148)TV EpisodeDirectorLouis TarantinoStarsErik ThompsonMeers OppenheimAdam ShowmanContrasts the radical differences between Earth and the planets Venus and Mercury. Lessons for life on earth are presented.
- DirectorAmy HugginsAndrew NockStarsErik ThompsonNeil deGrasse TysonRob Roy BrittProgram takes a brief look at the dynamics of Saturn's rings before exploring the unique and amazing features of the planet itself, including the curious behavior at the poles, and recent discoveries about Saturn's exotic moons.
- DirectorColin CampbellStarsErik ThompsonRichard EllisNate McCradyHow the various structural types of galaxies form by merging with smaller galaxies is explained and simulated. The preliminary hints at the importance of dark matter in the process are mentioned.
- DirectorDouglas CohenStarsErik ThompsonHolly GilbertAlex FilippenkoGravity plays a crucial role in both the birth and death of stars in this detailed review. Various types of stellar collisions are simulated.
- DirectorRaphaël HitierFood goes straight to our brain. So what do eat to make sure our brain stays healthy? Many recent discoveries have shown that our mental health, our moods, and our intellectual ability are directly influenced by what we eat, and sometimes in a matter of just a few days. One more reason to avoid "junk food" and to make what we put on our plate an ally for our intellectual and mental health.
- DirectorKen'ichi Watanabe
- DirectorSébastien GillesHow is it to be homeless in one of the World's Richest Country, where to sleep and what to eat? Poverty is almost the same tragic situation in rich California and the poorest Appalachian region.
- DirectorLars Ole ReimerStarsBeate RysoppSource of light, life and energy, the Sun is at the heart of the concerns of a part of the scientific community. Indeed, the threat of a solar storm constantly hovers over the Earth. These gigantic masses of waves and particles, released in an unpredictable way on the surface of the Sun, can seriously damage the networks created by man. The most recent storm narrowly avoided the Earth in 2017, but in 2003, one of them caused a power outage in Malmö and the loss of contact with two Japanese satellites. Even more impressive, the 1989 solar storm plunged Canada into darkness and cut the heating network for six hours in the middle of winter. To date, science remains unable to predict these storms. But this could soon change.
- DirectorKlaus Scherer
- DirectorJérôme FritelThey call it 'blue gold'. Around the world, demand for water is exploding. By 2050, at least one in four will live in a country suffering from water shortages - creating ideal conditions for a new market - Banks, investment funds and hedge funds are all rushing to invest billions of euros in anything related to water. A real monopoly has begun. The financialization of water is a battle taking place on many fronts: ideological, political, environmental, and of course, economic.
- DirectorRoberto VerdecchiaStarsDavid SuzukiThere's still so much we don't know about fear. Could it be good for you? What would life be like without it?
- DirectorEve MinaultStarsEve Minault
- DirectorDanny AlpertGreg JacobsJon SiskelStarsMichael BrunliebRon E. RainsDavid RudmanHigh-quality care and education has far-reaching impacts. With a healthy dose of humor and a surprising edge, discover the tragic cost of getting this wrong and the huge payoff for our kids, families and our country of getting it right.
- DirectorJaime MurciegoPablo IraburuStarsAna Lía GonzalesLidia HuayllasCecilia LluscoThis is the chronicle of a unique expedition in the world: its objective is to climb the highest mountain in America, Mount Aconcagua. The surprising thing is that the expedition is made up of six Bolivian indigenous women.
- DirectorDaniel Harrich
- DirectorPeter GombosStarsDarrell BrickerJesse HirshChantal HébertAn examination of an alternative means to accurately poll for political opinions through an artificial intelligence program named Polly.
- DirectorHakim El Hachoumi
- 2011–TV Episode
- DirectorDeana UppalStarsDeana UppalThe history and story of India's proud but largely forgotten Gadia Lohar community is for the first time sensitively investigated and revealed.
- DirectorFranck CuveillierPascal Vasselin
- DirectorSebastian WeisStarsAdam BodnarAli FeruzAnke GiesenFrom India to Russia via Poland, we meet activists and NGOs who are trying, despite the repression, to ensure that their rights and those of their fellow citizens are respected.
- DirectorNicolas JallotStarsAhmad Shah MassoudOn September 9, 2001, Commander Massoud, a hero of the Afghan resistance, was assassinated by two members of al-Qaeda posing as journalists. Two days later, the terrorist organization struck the United States. However, a few months earlier, during a visit to France, Commander Massoud had come to warn the West about the disastrous plans of al-Qaeda and the rise of the Taliban. He asked the West to exert pressure on Pakistan, a country that supplied arms, supported and sheltered the Taliban, but which was also a major buyer of French arms. He was not listened to.
- DirectorBerndt Welz
- DirectorAnja Krug-MetzingerStarsJane Goodall
- DirectorJerry RothwellRanu GhoshWhat is the future of education in a networked world? Indian professor Sugata Mitra sets up an unmanned internet kiosk in a remote Bengali village to pioneer the "School in the Cloud". The film follows the children as they encounter the internet for the first time. Will they be able to use it to transform their futures, or will it destroy the stability of their way of life?
- DirectorBrett GaylorStarsFrancesca BriaKristina CahojovaJeremy RifkinA disillusioned early adopter and internet evangelist, feels a sense of responsibility to engage with the problems the internet has created and wants to see where we went wrong.
- DirectorRebecca SnowLifting the lid on menstruation.
- DirectorGrit Lederer
- DirectorVeronika Janatková
- DirectorLuc HermannClaire LaskoStarsJohn AbramsonMarcia AngellFadila BelkacemIn the last 10 years, the landscape of the pharmaceutical industry has changed. A handful of multinationals control the manufacture of most of the drugs.
- DirectorRama RauStarsNeelam BalaSundhri DeviDeepak KumarTHE DAUGHTER TREE is a cinematic character-driven feature documentary with unprecedented access that explores the aftermath of a cultural preference for baby boys sweeping through interior India, through the eyes of a fearless warrior-midwife who counsels and advocates for baby girls, while a lone man in the Village of Men - so called because no girl has been born here the past three decades - goes on a quest to find a wife. The solution may just lie in a tiny village where a plan for saving baby girls is almost magical in its simplicity.
- DirectorIrja von BernstorffAn inspiring story about 4 young front line activists, aged 11 to 14, from Indonesia, Senegal, India, and Australia. They represent the voice of a new generation directly affected by climate crisis and environmental degradation at their doorsteps. Senegal stands for the global water crisis, Indonesia for plastic waste pollution, India for the agricultural crisis, and in Australia we witness the fatal destruction in the oceans and on land through climate change. All of the girls have the resilience and courage to fight back and the power to imagine a better future for all of us.
- DirectorAli FowleHidden behind locked doors, tortured and abused by their employers, child servants in Myanmar face many dangers. "Adopted into Slavery" investigates the murky trade of children sent away or sold into bondage by their parents, exposing the suffering faced by Myanmar's most invisible and vulnerable.
- DirectorJohn GoetzStarsMohamedou Ould SlahiChronicles the experience of a citizen of Mauritania who was imprisoned at the Guantánamo Bay facility from 2002 to 2016, accused by American authorities of aiding al Qaeda.
- DirectorJean-Christophe KlotzStarsVictor BarbatYves BeigbederAxel FischerIn the summer of 1945, the American authorities instructed two young soldiers, Budd and Stuart Schulberg, to gather visual evidence attesting to Nazi crimes, with a view to the trial against twenty-four dignitaries of the Third Reich which was preparing for Nuremberg. The sons of an eminent producer, already experienced in the cinema business, they must (under the aegis of filmmaker John Ford, head of the Office of Strategic Services, OSS) support the accusation of chief prosecutor Robert Jackson. In four months of high-risk investigation across devastated Europe, the Schulbergs manage to save hundreds of hours of footage, much of it taken by the Nazis, from destruction. Their editing team then worked tirelessly to complete before the opening of the trial on November 21, 1945, films exposing the atrocities perpetrated after Hitler's seizure of power, from the first pogroms to the concentration camp system, and their premeditated nature. Without the help of his brother, who has resumed his work as a screenwriter in the United States, Stuart Schulberg is then responsible, alongside the Soviet Roman Karmen, for filming the main stages of the procedure, a first in the history of justice. . They are only allowed to shoot thirty-five hours of rushes over more than ten months of hearings, but the sound recordings of the entire proceedings will allow Stuart to produce Nuremberg: its Lesson for Today, a documentary that the American authorities, facing to Cold War emergencies, finally decide to bury in 1948.
- DirectorUte de GrootStarsPeter KaempfeAlex WarnerThis heart-warming documentary shows true stories about the unconditional loyalty between humans and dogs and investigates our best friends' remarkable intelligence, their outstanding sensory abilities and emotional bond to us humans.
- DirectorJörg SeiboldStarsRudolf ElmerMatthias ScherwenikasSheldon SolomonIt's one of the seven deadly sins, and it seems to be an integral component of human nature. It could also serve as the gateway to moral bankruptcy and the trigger for global devastation. What drives our thirst for more, what is its impact on our personal sense of peace and the state of the world, and is it a behavior that can ever be unlearned?
- 2017– 33mTV Episode
- DirectorMichael SchindhelmStarsUgur SahinÖzlem TüreciKatalin KarikóA gripping documentary about the inventors of the world's first clinically-approved Covid-19 Vaccine and how their unknown startup, BioNTech, surprised everyone with its breakthrough in mRNA technology and answer to the global pandemic.
- DirectorGwenlaouen Le GouilStarsGwenlaouen Le GouilStéphane BittounCharlie AngusThe indigenous population of Canada fell victim to a cultural genocide. The re-education was cruel until 1996: children were torn from their parents and taken to boarding schools. These Indian residential schools were mostly run by Christian clerics. Many died there of illness, suffered from ill-treatment or were sexually abused. Almost 1,200 indigenous women were murdered or reported missing in Canada between 1980 and 2012, but the police are hesitant to clear up the cases. An effect of the systematic discrimination against the First Nations, which began with the Indian Act 150 years ago. Now a group of Ontario survivors are demanding compensation for the wrong done. The Canadian state has admitted mistakes, but reparations for the traumatized and their descendants have not yet been approved. The documentary accompanies the activists in the struggle for justice and shows their pain in emotional interviews.
- DirectorBarbara NecekStarsMeriem LayAljaDjuneIt's a country of contradictions, where love and sex clash with customs and patriarchy. Where traditional values and large families are glorified but 40% of children grow up without a father and domestic abuse isn't a crime. Welcome to Putin's Russia.
- DirectorAlain LewkowiczStarsXi JinpingJoseph WuIng-wen TsaiThey are hackers, programmers, developers, ministers. Their project: to make Taiwan the world laboratory of direct democracy.
- DirectorZara BalfourMarcus StephensonStarsNima GurungSangpo LamaTsering Deki LamaThe extraordinary story of children born in High Himalayas of Nepal. At 4 years old, they're sent to school in the city, hoping education means a better life. They do not see their parents again for 12 years. Now, aged 16, they trek home.
- DirectorIrja von BernstorffStarsGagandeep KaurAeshnina AzzahraFatoumata KaDocumentary film accompanies four girls from India, Australia, Indonesia and Senegal, aged between eleven and fourteen, in their personal struggle against global environmental catastrophes.
- DirectorJean-Louis PerezGuillaume PitronStarsLuis Alberto Echazú AlvaradoGwenaëlle Avice-HuetNathalie BautersFaced with climate change, many countries have embarked on the energy transition. Since the COP21 in 2015, which set demanding targets for reducing greenhouse gases, green energies have been on the rise. The electric car has thus become the mascot of this revolution. But manufacturers remain discreet about the carbon footprint of their cars marked "zero emission". Because not only do they consume electricity that is not always clean, but they also consume rare metals such as cobalt or lithium, the extraction of which causes havoc on the other side of the world. In China, for example, champion of rare metals, in Heilongjiang province, a carpet of toxic dust covers agricultural regions.
- DirectorHannes Schuler
- DirectorIsabella WillingerStarsDavid ChalmersChuckMark CoeckelberghHow will we live together with artificial intelligence? What will we win, what will we lose? The documentary shows us tomorrow's world today.
- 2011–TV Episode
- DirectorAlmut FaassStarsJérôme ArnaudisInka BartschPeter BieringerAlgae - they pollute our beaches and contaminate our waters. But what if they were also the super substance of the future? What if they could replace oil and create a world without plastic and feed the world? This documentary shows what scientists are already making a reality of this today.