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Taboo
2002
star 7.8Taboo is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on the National Geographic Channel. The program is an educational look into "taboo" rituals and traditions practiced in some societies, yet forbidden and illegal in others. Each hour long episode details a specific topic, such as marriage or initiation rituals, and explores how such topics are viewed throughout the world. Taboo generally focuses on the most misunderstood, despised, or disagreed-upon activities, jobs, and roles.Visions of Space
2003
Visions of Space
2003
Robert Hughes tackles the work and lives of three remarkable 20th-century architects: Albert Speer, Mies van der Rohe, and Antonio Gaudi - whose work did so much to shape the modern world. Hughes looks at how each one used space in different ways to express our response, respectively, to the power of religion (Gaudi), the power of the State (Speer), and the power of the corporation (Mies van der Rohe).The Wrestlers
2019
star 9.7An exploration of the wrestling world's underground. Traveling from First Nations communities in rural Manitoba to Mexico's Lucha Libre scene in Juarez, the series sees Damian Abraham exploring the personalities involved in the sport of pro wrestling.Once Upon a Time in Chinatown
2021
This is a story about 7 restaurants in the city area. Not only stories about food and cooking but also about the struggles of life, culture, love & family.Bringing Up Baby
2007
Bringing Up Baby
2007
Bringing Up Baby is a four-part British television documentary series which compares three different childcare methods for babies: the Truby King method, the Benjamin Spock approach, and the Continuum concept. Each method was advocated and administered by a nanny for two families each. The series was controversial when it aired on Channel 4 in 2007, particularly due to the actions recommended by Truby King advocate Claire Verity, and questions over Verity's qualifications.The Third Skin
1989
The Third Skin
1989
A flat as a human basic right and need; that is what Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Secretary General of the United Nations spoke of in 1987. The trilogy “The Third Skin” is about the persons concerned on five continents: people searching for flats, architects, politicians, estate agents, homeless, UNO experts, construction workers, sociologists and social workers, street kids, pastors, philosophers and jurists. The reason for working on the documentary for two and a half years was the International UNO Year 1987 of Shelter for the HomelessEin Wochenende mit
2010
Ein Wochenende mit
2010
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
2013
Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.I Was There When House Took Over the World
2017
star 7Nile Rodgers and more on how disco's death gave birth to the most iconic sound in dance.호동과 바다
2020
호동과 바다
2020
Mulheres Fantasticas
2019
Mulheres Fantasticas
2019
Black and Missing
2021
star 5.2Sisters-in-law and Black and Missing Foundation founders Derrica and Natalie Wilson fight an uphill battle to bring awareness to the Black missing persons cases that are marginalized by law enforcement and national media.Der Traum von der Neuen Welt
2017
Recounts the largest migration movement in history in which 55 million Europeans left their home countries and set off to America.When Ireland Starved: An Gorta Mór, The Great Famine
1992
A four-part series tracing the sequence of events that became known as the Great Irish Famine.The Note
2018
The Note
2018
The Lost Evidence
2005
star 8The Lost Evidence is a television program on The History Channel which uses three-dimensional landscapes, reconnaissance photos, eyewitness testimony and documents to reevaluate and recreate key battles of World War II.Lost in Traplanta
2019
Lost in Traplanta
2019
Street Food: USA
2022
star 6.8Get a taste of the most beloved bites on American streets and, along the way, discover the heart, soul and wildly diverse real people behind the food.Evolve
2022
star 7This refreshing and uplifting global journey deep dives into the fascinating and emerging world of biomimicry and whether the unique adaptations of the animal world can truly help us to find futuristic solutions to some of our biggest problems?
