Educational Documentaries

Observe, through the eyes of Afghan women, the communist takeover disrupting Afghanistan's peaceful times in the 60s. Then continue to be pawns in ideological battles up to the present day.

With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before.

A dramatic three-part series tells the incredible story of Rupert Murdoch's Empire, interweaving his behind-the-scenes influence on world events with the personal battle for power at the heart of his own family.

Cuba's revolutionary story is one of much fervor. Fidel Castro had one objective: the liberation of a Communist Cuba. Castro's ability to form key strategic alliances enabled him to stand at the precipice of realizing his dream for Cuba.

Recounts the events of world War II in color.

Five ex-Special Forces soldiers recreate the SAS's secret selection process and put 30 candidates through it, in the ultimate test of their physical and - more importantly - psychological resilience.

Journalist and author Ben Macintyre uses the archives of the SAS to examine the history of the famed British Army special forces unit. He combines documents, unseen footage and interviews to tell its story.

When Dr. Haing S. Ngor was forced into labor camps by the Khmer Rouge, little did he know he would escape years of torture and recreate his experiences in a film that would win him an Academy Award®. "The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor" tells the dramatic story about arguably the most recognizable survivor of the Cambodian genocide, a man who became a worldwide ambassador for justice in his homeland, only to be murdered in a Los Angeles Chinatown alley - a case still muddled with conspiracy theories. Through an inspired blend of original animation and rare archival material - anchored by Ngor's richly layered autobiography - the years encapsulating the Khmer Rouge's tyrannical rule over Cambodia are experienced though a politically charged transnational journey of loss and reconciliation.

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign.

In the midst of the Cold War, the US Army began the top secret project "Iceworm". And it was to build a entire city under the Greenland ice. In 1959, the first part of the project was built: homes built in steel 30 meters under the ice.

In the last 10 years, the landscape of the pharmaceutical industry has changed. A handful of multinationals control the manufacture of most of the drugs.

Soviet prison camps were a criminal system of oppression that was widespread and long-lasting. The writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn named it the Gulag Archipelago.

Highlights the 40 year struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East, in part, on behalf the the Shite or Sunni factions of Islam.

An intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice", FIRE IN THE BLOOD tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of the global south in the years after 1996 - causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths - and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back. Shot on four continents and including contributions from global figures such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu and Joseph Stiglitz, FIRE IN THE BLOOD is the never-before-told true story of the remarkable coalition which came together to stop 'the crime of the century' and save millions of lives in the process.

The story of the war in Afghanistan: filmed by soldiers, shot by soldiers.

China: A Century of Revolution - The Mao Years, 1949-1976 is the second in the series of three films depicting the struggle of China to realize its economic and political goals.

A Frontline documentary about the events that took place in Tianamen square in 1989.

As the boundary between social gap increases in China, the film tells the story of young Chinese fight to change their fate through studying. The story examines three different locations: in a poverty stricken town Huining, here students work like clockwork to enter university. In Beijing, university graduates are facing tough situation finding work. In Shanghai, rising middle class parents are searching for the best education method for their children. Although at different circumstances, these young people face the same pressure and uncertainties. The film examines contemporary China from the lives of young people, by capturing their energy, hopes and worries; and questioning whether studying can bridge the social gap, if so, at what cost?

On the night of June 17, 1972, a security guard in the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC called the police when he found a door repeatedly taped open.