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Ancient artifacts with mystical powers or ingenious hoax? The latest Indiana Jones movie adds Hollywood luster to a mystery that has inspired believers and baffled scientists for decades. This film uncovers this incredible true story.

This program examines the history of slavery in the United States and the role it played in shaping the new country's development.

Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.

Journey into the heart of Brazil with host Robert Beckford to explore the incredible spiritual diversity of Brazil. Travel to the country's seven wonders of Brazilian Christianity, from the spectacular and iconic Christ the Redeemer to the samba beat of Carnival. The religion has existed for over 500 years and is a melting pot of African beliefs, indigenous Indian rituals, and the folk Catholicism of the southern Europeans.

Three films explore controversial men and the visions to which they are passionately devoted. An Unreasonable Man looks at the career of Ralph Nader, a political figure responsible for numerous consumer protection acts. Robinson Crusader introduces Keith Robinson, one of two brothers who own the remote Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau and fight to protect its sovereignty. Paul Conrad : Drawing Fire features the three-time Pulitzer prize-winning political...

Nine-year-old Frank, his cousin Sam, and cat Saurus's efforts to keep Peanut the newly-hatched dinosaur's existence a secret become more complicated when their grandmother finds a new fossil that looks like Peanut's horn, but a thousand times bigger, anda crew comes to make a movie about it.

Because his life is a bit of a mess, thirteen-year-old Danny Bell agrees to let ParentSwap(tm) try to match him with his ideal parents, but he soon realizes that the company is about more than giving adolescents a new start.

Filmaker and journalist Bruce Burgess goes deep into the heart of the greatest secret of the 20th century : Area 51, or "Dreamland" in this award-winning documentary. Along with his camera crew, Burgess sets out to uncover the truth of what is really going on in the most secret military base in the world. Footage of UFOs performing impossible maneuvers under cover of darkness. Multiple aircrafts flying over the base are only the beginning of this...

Chronicles the astonishing, true story of Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, who is a Quinché Indian woman, as she stood up for her people and helped wage a rebellion in the wake of seemingly unconquerable oppression. Shot at the height of the heated battle between the heavily-armed Guatemalan Military and the nearly defenseless Mayan population.

Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.