Apollo: Missions to the Moon
National Geographic’s riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.
Genre: Documentary, History
Director: Tom Jennings
Actors: Betty Grissom, Bill Anders, Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, Neil Armstrong, Walter Cronkite
The Fighting Lady
Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 “newsdrama,” narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the U.S. Navy. The film follows one of…
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong’s legacy as…
Victoria & Albert: The Royal Wedding
Historian Lucy Worsley restages the 1840 wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Aided by a team of experts, Worsley recreates the most important elements of the ceremony and the…
Hannibal: Rome’s Worst Nightmare
It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible – but one man is destined…
3 Years in Pakistan: The Erik Aude Story
The true life story of Erik Aude, who was duped into drug smuggling and spent three years in a Pakistani prison.
The Three Kings
The definitive film portrait of Matt Busby, Bill Shankly, and Jock Stein. An incredible story of how three men born in the central lowlands of Scotland within 30 miles of…
Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan’s Copper Country
When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the “great melting pot.” In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their musical traditions with many other cultures, creating a sound…
The 400 Million
The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Japanese. Civilian refugees…
Ultimate Swarms
Zoologist and explorer George McGavin goes in search of some of the world’s most impressive swarms. By getting right to the heart of these natural spectacles, he finds out why…
Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey
An immersive documentary film featuring behind-the-scenes access to some of basketball’s future stars competing in the G League – the NBA’s developmental league – as they try and achieve their…
Paul Simon – Under African Skies
Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of…
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Uganda has one the youngest populations in the world and one of its most flagrantly anti-democratic governments. These are ingredients for revolution, and Bobi Wine and his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi…