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  • 2019
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    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    7.71 2019 HD

    In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help...

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  • 2015
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    The Day Hitler Died

    The Day Hitler Died

    6.80 2015 HD

    The story of Hitler’s final hours told by people who were there. This special features exclusive forgotten interviews, believed lost for 65...

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  • 2021
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    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    Cher & the Loneliest Elephant

    7.70 2021 HD

    "The World's Loneliest Elephant" Kaavan will finally experience freedom, thanks to his biggest champion, the one & only Cher. We'll follow Cher,...

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  • 2022
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    The Color of Care

    The Color of Care

    2.00 2022 HD

    The Color of Care chronicles how people of color suffer from systemically substandard healthcare in the United States, with a pressing focus on how...

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  • 2014
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    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

    Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

    7.00 2014 HD

    It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least...

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  • 2013
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    The Real Beauty and the Beast

    The Real Beauty and the Beast

    1 2013 HD

    It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic...

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  • 2014
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    Shark Girl

    Shark Girl

    6.00 2014 HD

    For 20-year-old Madison Stewart, nothing feels safer or more natural than diving straight into shark-infested waters. Since childhood, growing up by...

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  • 2015
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    Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy

    Sinking the Lusitania: An American Tragedy

    5.00 2015 HD

    The sinking of the Lusitania and the impact it had in determining the fate of World War I is widely known. But few know the stories of the passengers...

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  • 2019
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    La Grande Histoire de l'évolution animale

    La Grande Histoire de l'évolution animale

    8.00 2019 HD

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  • 2012
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    Titanic's Final Mystery

    Titanic's Final Mystery

    7.60 2012 HD

    The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...

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  • 2016
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    Castro's Secret Reef

    Castro's Secret Reef

    7.50 2016 HD

    Cuba's enforced isolation has resulted in the unlikeliest of marine reserves: a huge, rambling archipelago known as Jardines de la Reina, or "Gardens...

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  • 2015
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    Lincoln's Last Day

    Lincoln's Last Day

    8.20 2015 HD

    We all know the main story of Abraham Lincoln's death, how he was killed, where it took place, and who pulled the trigger. But what exactly happened...

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  • 2019
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    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    The Day We Walked on the Moon

    4.80 2019 HD

    On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the...

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  • 2017
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    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

    Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

    10.00 2017 HD

    The story of Pocahontas has been passed down through the centuries. Her relationship with John Smith has been characterized as a romance that united...

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  • 2020
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    V-Day: Volcanic Planet

    V-Day: Volcanic Planet

    10.00 2020 HD

    Earth is a volcanic planet, with over 1,400 active giants spread across the globe. But what would happen if all of them were to erupt at once? From...

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  • 2022
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    Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly

    Master of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly

    1 2022 HD

    Chihuly is widely known as the enigmatic figure behind impressive glass sculptures that are both well-integrated yet strikingly imposing as they...

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  • 2019
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    Memphis Belle in Color

    Memphis Belle in Color

    8.00 2019 HD

    In January 1942, the U.S. military created a new bomber command, the Eighth Air Force, and sent a small contingent of men overseas to loosen the...

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  • 2020
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    Aboard Air Force One

    Aboard Air Force One

    1 2020 HD

    Air Force One is a marvel of military engineering. For more than half a century, the presidential fleet of armed jumbo jets has served as a flying...

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  • 2018
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    Finding Life In Outer Space

    Finding Life In Outer Space

    1 2018 HD

    Over billions of years, planet Earth has become home to an amazing interdependent ecosystem, containing a dizzying variety of animals and plants. But...

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  • 2019
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    Adolf Island

    Adolf Island

    6.50 2019 HD

    Caroline Sturdy Colls, a world leader in the forensic investigation of Nazi crime scenes, is chasing clues to an unsolved case: a concentration camp...

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