Explores 350 years of Jewish American history, beginning with the first Jews who arrive in the 17th century, who epitomized the immigrant experience. Even as they faced rejection, Jews embraced American culture while keeping alive their own heritage. Focusing on the tension amid identity and assimilation, the series features Jewish Americans who have made major contributions to American life. (Yad Vashem)
Documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers. Hosted by Wim Kayzer, guests included Daniel Dennett, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Jay Gould, Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake, and Stephen Toulmin. It was filmed in the Netherlands by the VPRO and produced by Nellie Kamer.
New special event series, Nurses, takes audiences straight to the heart of the medical frontline with privileged access to three major city hospitals, introducing the incredible men and women dealing with life and death situations every day.From the turnstile of medical dramas that come through the doors of St.Vincent's Hospital on a Saturday night, to the race against the clock of an organ delivery for a heart transplant, or an emergency caesarean operation inside North Sydney's Mater Hospital, there is always a nurse who makes a difference.
Narrated by Lord Mountbatten himself, this is a positive feast of history and archive material, some of it part of Mountbatten's personal collection. A masterpiece in history.
As the former British Colonies on the east coast became the United States of America, their sights were now set on what lay west. A ludicrously good land deal with France unlocks a vast wilderness seemingly open for the taking.
Extreme weather conditions and disasters have marked and shaped the Earth's surface. These events can cause horrific destruction, but they can also reveal incredible things.
This hard-hitting and transformative documentary series explores the most powerful herbal medicines known to man – the cumulative work of at least a thousand generations of our human ancestors. These remedies have been kept from us because big pharma doesn’t want you to have the power to heal yourself. That ends now.
DURING THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT YOU WILL BE GUIDED THROUGH 9 POWERFUL EPISODES
THAT EACH FOCUS ON A SPECIFIC DISEASE OR ILLNESS AND HOW TO HEAL IT USING MEDICINAL HERBS.