Finding Your Roots
Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season of FINDING YOUR ROOTS. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
Becoming Warren Buffett
[HBO] HD. This fascinating documentary traces the remarkable life, career and credo of billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality
An intimate profile of pioneering lawyer/activist Bryan Stevenson, who has dedicated his life to fighting for equality in the criminal-justice system.
Finding Your Roots
The basic drive to discover who we are and where we come from is at the core of the new series with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Continuing the quest begun in his previous projects, Gates finds new ways to "get into the DNA of American culture."
Finding Your Roots
The sixth season of FINDING YOUR ROOTS features 27 fascinating new guests who are game-changers in their fields—with family histories that illustrate the power and diversity of the human experience.
King in the Wilderness
[HBO] HD. Through personal stories of the people who were around him, this film follows Martin Luther King, Jr. during the last years of his life.
Becoming Warren Buffett
This fascinating documentary traces the remarkable life, career and credo of Warren Buffett, who despite being one of the world's richest men lives a modest, even frugal life in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.
Finding Your Roots
This season viewers will discover the surprising ancestral stories of 28 fascinating guests, including Carmelo Anthony, Ava DuVernay, Téa Leoni, Ana Navarro, Bernie Sanders, Questlove, and Christopher Walken.
Looking for Lincoln
Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., “Looking for Lincoln” addresses many of the controversies surrounding Lincoln by carefully interpreting evidence from those who knew him and those who study him today.
This Emotional Life
Hosted by Dr. Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and author. The series address issues organized around: improving social relationships, resolving negative feelings (depression, anxiety, etc.), and searching for greater happiness. By the end, viewers will have a deeper sense of what makes us tick and insights into how to use that information to improve their own emotional and social well-being.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
This six-hour PBS series explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed - forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds.
Bloomberg Game Changers: Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett has, for decades, held a unparalleled position in American finance. He is not only a legendary investor with an astounding success rate, and a billionaire forty times over; he is also - by far - the most respected businessman in America.
African American Lives
A groundbreaking series combining genealogical research and genetic analysis. Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores African American history and shares the family trees of prominent black Americans.
Africa's Great Civilizations
Beginning with Africa's ancient history as the cradle of mankind, this documentary series with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. brings to life the epic stories of both little-known and celebrated African kingdoms and cultures.
King in the Wilderness
Through personal stories of the people who were around him, this film follows Martin Luther King, Jr. during the last years of his life: from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in 1968.
Gloria: In Her Own Words
[HBO] HD. A vivid portrait of Gloria Steinem whose career as a journalist and a pivotal member of the feminist movement has left an indelible mark.
Jim: The James Foley Story
[HBO] HD. Brian Oakes' powerful documentary about the life, death and legacy of journalist James Foley, who was murdered by ISIS in 2014.
MAKERS
Expanding on the critically acclaimed PBS documentary MAKERS: Women Who Make America, each documentary in this six-part series examines the impact of the women's movement on six fields once largely closed to women: business, space, Hollywood, comedy, war and politics. In each field, women have pried open, and profoundly re-shaped, the central institutions of American life and culture.
Living With Lincoln
[HBO] HD. Filmmaker Peter Kunhardt examines how a one-of-a-kind collection of Abraham Lincoln photos and memorabilia has shaped his family.
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
In his new four-hour series, Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. embarks on a deeply personal journey through the last fifty years of African American history.
