Civilizations
Queen & Country
Tour with Queen Elizabeth prior to the opening of an important meeting in Perth, Western Australia. 7/22/2012 Continue
Queen & Country
Find out which possessions constitute “peculiars of the crown.” 7/15/2012 Continue
Michael Wood's Story of England
Learn about Kibworth during the Hundred Years’ War, the Protestant Reformation and the English Civil War. 7/10/2012 Continue
Michael Wood's Story of England
Follow the story of Kibworth as it reaches the catastrophic 14th century. 7/3/2012 Continue
PBS Presents
Examine the battle between Disraeli and Gladstone for control of the British government. 6/26/2012 Continue
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson discusses the youth protests of 1968. Continue
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson discusses the clock as a metaphor for the shift of global power. Continue
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
What led the West to be so influential? And how long will the West sustain its supremacy? Premieres on Tuesdays, May 22 and 29, 2012 on PBS (check local listings). Continue
Quest for the Lost Maya
Follow archaeologists as they unearth evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society based in the Yucatán Peninsula of southern Mexico. The film surveys the Maya's dramatic rise to prominence in the "pre-classic era" (800-700 B.C.) , as well as new evidence of the collapse of their civilization around A.D. 900. Continue
Independent Lens
On nearly every continent, and for all of recorded history, thriving cultures have recognized, revered, and integrated more than two genders. Worldwide, the sheer variety of gender expression is almost limitless. Take a tour and learn how other cultures see gender diversity. Continue
Michael Wood's Story of England
Track Kibworth’s history from the 17th century to the present. 7/17/2012 Continue
Michael Wood's Story of England
Join historian Michael Wood to recover — with the help of the local people and the use of archaeology, landscape, language and DNA — the lost history of the first thousand years of Kibworth, featuring a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and evidence of life after the Norman Conquest. Learn how the oppressive Norman occupation affected the villagers. Continue
PBS Arts Presents
Travel to nine countries and across 1,400 years of cultural history to explore the artistic riches of Islam. 7/6/2012 Continue
Michael Wood's Story of England
Join historian Michael Wood to recover the lost history of Kibworth’s first thousand years. 7/3/2012 Continue
To The Contrary
For the first time in U.S. history, white newborns are outnumbered by babies of color; the U.S. Army recently made history by officially opening jobs in combat battalions to women, but direct ground combat roles are still exclusive to men; To The Contrary travels to China to explore the role the U.S. Foreign Service plays in diplomacy overseas. Continue
Independent Lens
Our ancestors were nomads, but today, out of 6.8 billion people, only 30 million lead migratory lives. Summer Pasture (airing May 10 on Independent Lens on PBS) spotlights a nomadic family in the grasslands of Dzachukha in eastern Tibet. Many nomadic societies around the world are facing threats to their way of life, including forced relocation and climate change. Continue
Independent Lens
Montana filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis lives in a place where at one time, bison outnumbered people by more than two to one. Now the embattled animal — a common symbol of the American West — is clinging to its last vestiges of wildness, as cattle ranching, hunting, and habitat loss threaten once again to bring it to the brink of extinction. Continue
Quest for the Lost Maya
Quest for the Lost Maya explores archaeological evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society based in the Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico. The film surveys their dramatic rise to prominence in the "pre-classic era" (800-700 BCE) of the Maya, as well as new evidence of the collapse of their civilization in the 800-900s CE. Continue
Cave People of the Himalaya
Everest climber and thrill seeker Pete Athans returns to the Himalayas with Dr. Mark Aldenderfer in search of the caves and mummies of a lost civilization. There they risk their own safety to reveal astonishing evidence of a previously unknown 1,500-year-old death ritual high in the Himalayan caves. Continue
Secrets of the Pharaohs
Modern science provides a fresh insight on ancient Egypt. Continue
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