The epic legend of King Richard the Lionhearted and his struggle to save Christendom’s holiest city, Jerusalem, from its Muslim conqueror Saladin is explored in this drama-documentary using original...
From a base in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family used charm, patronage, duplicity, and ruthlessness to amass wealth and power. The Medicis also ignited Western history's most important...
The second season book interviews Trenton Doyle Hancock, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker and Kiki Smith ("Stories"); Gabriel Orozco, Martin Puryear, Collier Schorr, and Janine Antoni; ("Loss and Desire");...
How could America call itself the world's greatest democracy, but continue to deny the right to vote to more than half of its citizens? This program documents the struggle which culminated in the...
David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of "The Farmer's Wife," returns to rural America with "Country Boys," an epic tale of two boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky's Appalachian hills. Intimate...
The first two hours of "TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt" examine Roosevelt's life before the presidency and his first term in the White House. An asthmatic child, Roosevelt was inspired by his...
"Guide My Feet" begins in the Jim Crow era, when many African-Americans migrated north. In Chicago, Thomas C. Dorsey, a pianist with blues singer Ma Rainey, melds his religious faith with his...
On November 20, 1945, the surviving representatives of the Nazi elite, including Hermann Goering, the former head of the Nazi air force, stood before an international military tribunal at the Palace...
In the chaos following the Civil War, a revolution takes shape in the South. Former slaves move to take control of their lives, setting up their own communities, churches and schools. Southern...
President Bush has something in common with the 46 percent of Americans who describe themselves as being 'born again' or having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. To what extent do the...
