Documentaries : Asia

In four episodes of about 55 minutes each, this PBS documentary examines some of the major challenges facing contemporary Chinese society. The first episode, "Power and the People", focuses on the Communist Party’s rule of China. Topics include government opposition to separatism ...

Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River (Chinese: 黃河; pinyin: Huang He) valley in the Neolithic era. The written history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600 BC - ca. 1100 BC).[1] Turtle shells with ancient Chinese writing from the Shan...

Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern nation of Egypt. The civilization began around 3150 BC[1] with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh, and it develo...

Ancient India may refer to: * The ancient history of the whole Indian subcontinent o History of South Asia and History of India o Indus Valley Civilization — during the Bronze Age o Vedic period — the period of Vedic Sanskrit, spanning the late Bro...

Its summer solstice in Siberia a time of endless daylight and extraordinary festivals.Bruce Parry journeys to meet the Sakha horse people and a remote encampment of Eveny reindeer herders in the wild Verkhoyansk Mountains where he finds out how they are embracing the challenges of a post-Soviet Arct...

Jonathan Ross presents this three part documentary about Asian cinema. He focuses on films from Japan, Hong Kong and Korea....

A documentary about the Baha'i Faith that focuses on faith in action: "Let deeds not words be your adorning" (Baha'u'llah). This documentary profiles the lives of three South African Baha'is from different social and racial backgrounds who each exemplify at least one principle of the Baha'i Faith in...

Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light d...

Legendary martial artist Bruce Lee is the subject of this thoughtful documentary by Lee aficionado John Little. Using interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and action sequences from Lee's last (unfinished) film, Game of Death, Little paints a textured, complex portrait of the world's most famous act...

Burj Dubai is a supertall skyscraper under construction in the Business Bay district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure ever built, despite being incomplete. Construction began on September 21, 2004 and is expected to be completed and ready for occupation in Septem...