Mizuko
Directed by Kira Dane and Katelyn Rebelo • 2019 • United States In Japan, there is a special way to grieve after having an abortion. Inspired by these Buddhist rituals, MIZUKO…
BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT
Before Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Klee made a name for abstraction in visual art, another artist had already beat them to their discovery. But until very recently, her name was absent…
The photography of Sebastião Salgado
by Zach Dobson
BBC Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death Documentary
For a medieval woman approaching the moment of labour and birth, there were no antiseptics to ward off infection or anaesthetics to deal with pain. Historian Helen Castor reveals how…
The Eugenics Crusade | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
THE EUGENICS CRUSADE tells the story of the unlikely—and largely unknown—project to breed a better American race, tracing the rise of a movement that turned a scientific theory of heredity…
Linotype | How One Machine Shaped History | The Real OG of Mass Communication
The Linotype machine changed the world. Once called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing, making newspapers, books, and mass communication possible on a scale…
Mr. Polaroid | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
MR. POLAROID tells the little-known story of the man behind the camera, a Harvard dropout named Edwin Land. Over a half century ago, before the smartphone, Land was dreaming up…
The Second Moment of Creation | Civilizations | Full Episode 1 | PBS
Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity itself. Images and artifacts found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and South America testify to…
How the Public Library Became an American Civic Institution
Free For All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's…
Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona
killed by Israel