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A classic look at how architecture reflects the sentiments and values of the time.

Exposé of the horrifying results of the 1996 immigration law.

Enter the world of disability as interpreted by six professional comics, who happen to be disabled.

New structures in seven North American Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes.

In 1961, Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for crimes against the Jewish people and against humanity. While this judgment was met with consensus on a national level, some spoke out against it.

Sustainable design in the tropics. The story of a Puerto Rican architect pioneering locally-suited green buildings for over thirty years.

Takes audiences behind the scenes as a company of non-professional actors rehearse a play about life without sight. The performers have no problem imagining themselves in these roles: they are blind themselves.

The story of activists who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including their lives, the tactics they used, and the historical context.

Capitalism is much more complex than the vision Adam Smith laid out. Indeed, it predates Smith by centuries and took root in the practices of colonialism and the slave trade. (Episode 1 of the Capitalism series)

Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions.

The true story of the tobacco companies' commitment to addicting the human brain and how the world came to know about it.

Follows the mission of one theater company to bring the consumer revolution to the people of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Diagnoses the 'disease' of materialism and prescribes its antidote, simple living.

The Soviet troops' intervention in Afghanistan was a pivotal event in the history of the 20th century. It launched Bin Laden and Al Qaeda.

Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures in his photographs the stunning beauty, potential and hope of Africa's landscapes and people.

Examines the treatment of Japanese-Americans during WW II, and its relevance to post 9/11 America.

The oil and gas industry has historically dominated Louisiana politics and is largely responsible for the state's rapidly disappearing coastline.

Sheds a humanistic light on the heated abortion debate by going inside the lives of the last four doctors in America who openly provide third-trimester abortions and the reasons their patients seek them.

An intimate portrait of an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increasingly dominated by large-scale industrial agriculture.

The stories of three women who took refuge at the Dastak women's shelter in Pakistan, founded to help women fleeing abusive and murderous families.