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During the Montreal Olympic Games, a young gymnast quickly became a legend. But behind the scenes, she was forced into a relationship with a dictator.

Nadia Comaneci: The Gymnast and the Dictator

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June 1st, 2009: Air France flight 447 disappears over the South Atlantic. This is the story of an aircraft lost–and found–in the middle of nowhere.

In Search of Flight AF447

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The systematic anti-Semitism of the Nazis led to incomparable violence and despotism toward Jews, along with exploitation of their property.

The Auctioneers: Profiting From the Holocaust

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Host Sinan Can explores the reality inside Saudi Arabia through the eyes of its people as the country slowly enacts mild reforms to its strict laws.

Inside Saudi Arabia

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What if Robert F. Kennedy, brother of JFK, had not himself been assassinated while campaigning for the presidency in 1968? Imagine an RFK presidency.

RFK: America's Lost President

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Beneath the North Korean political regime, we can discover its people, living in the same century we are, facing many of the same difficulties.

Have Fun in Pyongyang, North Korea

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Examining the effects the stimulant Pervitin, created in Nazi Germany in 1938, might have had on Adolf Hitler, his army, and World War II.

Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs

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John F. Kennedy, arguably the most charismatic president of our time, had a hidden, reckless sexual life that included an affair with Marilyn Monroe.

JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed

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The Ku Klux Klan is the oldest terrorist group in the United States. After 150 years of hatred, racism, and horror, its demons still haunt America.

Ku Klux Klan: An American Story

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Hitler was frequently portrayed as a political and military leader, but not a fund-raiser. We show the complex financial network behind the Nazis.

Hitler's Gold: Funding the Nazi Party

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At the end of the Cold War, the Russian Navy abruptly decommissioned 100 nuclear submarines, leaving behind a massive nuclear waste disposal problem.

The End of Red October: The Soviet Biohazard

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This film profiles the servants, consultants, advisers, and guards working for Britain's House of Windsor and their toil to keep the monarchy going.

Serving the Royals: Inside the Firm

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Alive explores disasters that grabbed global headlines for weeks, months, and even years, through the lens of several survivors' perspectives.

Alive

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Cargo shipping forms the basis of our model of modern civilization. The vast majority of our goods are made elsewhere and transported by ship.

Freightened: the Real Price of Shipping

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In this fresh look at the career and presidency of Richard Nixon, an argument is made that he was a successful statesman despite intrigue and rivalry.

Nixon in the Den

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Could it be that 15th century King Edward IV was illegitimate? If so, the bloodline that traces a lineage to Edward has no right to the throne.

Britain’s Real Monarch

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Explore the shocking political murder of Alexander Litvinenko, with unprecedented access to the lengthy inquiry, which, until now, has been secret.

Hunting The KGB Killers

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The Halifax Explosion was a devastating event that occurred on December 6, 1917, that ultimately changed the lives of blind Canadians for the better.

Halifax Explosion: Catastrophe to Independence

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The 1936 Olympics, originally intended to foster international comity, was twisted into a nationalistic celebration of supposed Aryan superiority.

Hitler's Olympics

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Explore the roots of the September 11 attacks by tracing the rise of terrorist groups amid turbulent relations between Washington and the Middle East.

The Terror Routes

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Explore the Ronald Reagan presidency and the global events that shaped his policy and decision-making.

The Reagan Presidency

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Is democracy at risk in the United States and around the world? This 3-part series examines the challenges democracies face and how to meet them.

Dismantling Democracy

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Discover Herbert Hoover's early life in Iowa, his decision to run for office, and the lasting impact of his policy decisions and political philosophy.

Landslide: The Presidency of Herbert Hoover

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In 2011, Sally Evans made a devastating discovery. Her son, Thomas, 21, left home and traveled to Somalia to join a deadly Islamic terrorist group.

My Son the Jihadi

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At the age of 10, Eva Mozes Kor fought through the horrors of Auschwitz, where she was experimented on as one of Dr. Mengele's twins."

Eva: A-7063

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The Kims’ North Korean dynasty has been trying to become a nuclear power. In this time, the U.S. went through 13 presidents, advantaging the Kims.

North Korea vs. USA: A Nuclear Chicken Game

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Giuseppe Garibaldi was an architect of Italian unity and a popular ladies' man.  This film investigates the man of many legends and contradictions.

Garibaldi

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As Pan Am Flight 103 was in flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, in late 1988, it was destroyed by a bomb, killing all aboard and 11 people on the ground.

After the Sky Fell on Lockerbie

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How do North Korean people live, and what is the true nature of this political regime? Can the world come to grips with the emerging nuclear power?

North Korea: The Great Illusion

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Anne Morgan (daughter of J.P. Morgan) was a driving force of feminism and humanitarianism who sought to provide families with post-war essentials.

Anne Morgan: An American on the Front

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Venture into some of the most dangerous regions of the world, where political conflict and social and ethnic upheaval define everyday life.

Danger Zone

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New England, 1692: religious hysteria infects the people of small-town Salem. Dozens of innocent people are accused of sorcery and executed.

Witch Hunt in Salem

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During WWII, Japanese-American citizens were unconstitutionally incarcerated in mass by the U.S. government, purely on the basis of race.

Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp

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For the first time, the staff of the royal family reveals the extraordinary relationship between the Windsors and their furry companions.

Royals and Animals: Til Death Do Us Part

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This film looks back over 100 years of Iranian history and delves into the origins of the confrontation between Iran and western powers.

Iran: The Hundred Year War

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This film looks back at the global financial collapse and how the world got to such a state, from the seeds sown after WW2, to troubles we face today

End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless

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Take an in-depth look at the persecution and subsequent death of the 5 million non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the impact on survivors.

Forget Us Not: The 5 Million Non-Jewish Victims

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This film exposes the gap that has now opened up between the Iranian people and their rulers, telling the story through a number of Iranian women.

Secret Iran: Girls of Revolution Street

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The 100-year-old party of Nelson Mandela stops to consider its epic past, directing South Africa's political evolution.

Coming of Age: The ANC's Hundred Years of Struggle

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This film offers a psychological profile of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and a deeply intimate account of his public and private life.

Fidel Castro: Life for the Revolution

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Tracing how post-WWI turmoil set the stage for Hitler's rise. Fear, propaganda, and ambition fueled Nazi control, leading to war and genocide.

Rise of the Third Reich

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The world has entered a new era. We call it the Anthropocene, or the Age of Man. Will we know how to adapt to this new world that we have created?

Age of Man: The New Deal

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Rome, May 13, 1981. Pope John Paul II enters St. Peter's Square among thousands of cheering people. Suddenly, three shots ring out. What happened?

Shooting the Pontiff

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This documentary tells the gripping story of victims of terrorism who accomplish extraordinary feats in the wake of politically fueled mass murder.

Since: The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

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Investigators travel to Switzerland, the US, and Asia in an attempt to understand nuclear-armed North Korea’s eccentric “living god,” Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un: The Unauthorized Biography

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Explore a critical question about social media: What are the consequences of publicly sharing our most intimate relationships, thoughts, and memories?

Facebook Follies: The Unexpected Consequences of the Social Media

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A deep dive into Singapore’s penal past—from a radical island experiment to the deadly 1993 riots that shocked the nation.

Riot Island

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About 12 million emigrants landed on Ellis Island, the ultimate gateway to the United-States of America. Their fates did not always belong to them.

Ellis Island: A History of the American Dream

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The investigations and the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.

MH370 Disappearance: Minute by Minute

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Follow young Afghani Mir over a decade, from a naïve 8-year-old boy to an adult, revealing the story of modern Afghanistan.

The Chronicles of Mir

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In the mid-1960s, Mao Zedong fomented the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution in China. Witness the indelible impact Mao had on his country to today.