documentary television programs

Explores how the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, left a psychic wound on America that is still felt today, and explains why many believe Lee Harvey Oswald was not responsible for the murder.

Stormchasers Joel Taylor and Reed Timmer gather information about the formation of tornadoes and other severe storms.

Accomplished horror writers and directors discuss the relationships between Edgar Allan Poe's tales of terror and his own life.

Examines the strategies and weapons used by twelve of history's most accomplished military leaders, discusses the significance of the battles they fought, and includes diary entries, reenactments, and commentary from scholars.

A dramatization of Marie Antoinette's journey to the top of the French monarchy, following her childhood in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final days in a French prison.

The story of the Apollo project, the American mission that first put humankind on the moon. Includes interviews with the Apollo designers, the Cape Canaveral ground crew, and the astronauts themselves.

Explores the life of playwright and poet William Shakespeare, discussing the social and political world in which he lived, his childhood, his loves, his "lost years," his career, and his plays.

"The director explores, for the first time, his own wartime childhood and the experiences of other child survivors, teasing out their feelings about Poland, the Catholic Church, and the ramifications of identities forged under circumstances where survival began with the directive 'never forget to lie'"--Container.

Every year monarch butterflies migrate across North America to a remote area of Mexico. This presentation discusses how the butterflies navigate and endure the long journey and takes you to the locations they call home.

Presents a discussion with Irish poet Seamus Heaney about his re-translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf" which tells the story of a Norse hero who saves Denmark's royal house from monsters.