Documentaries : Geography

For 50,000 years the peoples of the Pacific Islands have expressed and perpetuated their cultural values through dance. This unique form of artistic and historical expression has survived ocean voyages of thousands of miles, cyclones, volcanic eruptions, and internecine wars. But the greatest threat...

David Attenborough's comprehensive study of how a remarkable group of animals evolved - a group that includes ourselves....

This documentary film by Bill Mason is about wolves and the negative myths surrounding the animal. Exceptional footage portrays the wolf’s life cycle and the social organization of the pack, as well as other film of caribou, moose, deer and buffalo. Mason later made a feature documentary on wo...

Could a pterodactyl as large as a light aircraft have flown? Did millipedes once grow to six feet long? How did insects become preserved in amber for over 50 million years? All these questions and more are answered through the study of fossils. In his journeys to the most famous fossil sites in the ...

Amongst White Clouds: Amongst White Clouds is a look at the lives of zealot students, gaunt ascetics and wise masters living in isolated hermitages dotting the peaks and valleys of China's Zhongnan Mountain range. The Zhongnan Mountains have been home to recluses since the time of the Yellow Emperor...

Journey into a tropical jungle of staggering beauty. Here, torrential rains annually transform the dry forest floor into a watery world where some of the most extraordinary and uncommon wildlife flourish. In waters 50 feet deep, you'll encounter graceful river dolphins navigating through flooded tre...

An examination of the U.S. government's role and its response to Hurricane Katrina.Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations...

With footage from over 60 countries, Boomerang is a depiction of how the Earth’s problems are all interlinked....

A journey through the universe. This documentary puts the grandiosity of the universe beautifully on the screen. In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth’s surface to the outermost reaches of the universe on a grand tour of the cosmos, to explore newborn stars, distant planets, bl...

Executive Producer David Okuefuna presents a fascinating general summary of the formation of race as a discourse in the 15th and 16th century as part of the enlightenment project. With a focus on the "business" of slavery, it features commentary by many star academics, including David Theo Goldberg ...