The Mayo Clinic tells the story of a unique medical institution that has been called a “Medical Mecca,” the “Supreme Court of ...

Genre: Documentary

Actors:Blythe Danner, Kevin Conway, Peter Coyote, Sam Waterston

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central ...

Genre: Documentary

Actors:Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Kharey Wise, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam

Join an American couple’s courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will ...

Genre: Documentary

Actors:Marina Goldman

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

Genre: Documentary

Actors:Jack Johnson, Keith David, Philip Bosco, Samuel L. Jackson

Thomas Hart Benton’s paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ...

Genre: Documentary

Actors:Burl Ives, Edward R. Murrow, Jason Robards, Thomas Hart Benton

For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country’s most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, ...

Genre: Documentary,History

Actors:Alistair Cooke, Arthur Miller, Charles McDowell, Cokie Roberts, David McCullough

They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world ...

Genre: Documentary

Actors:David McCullough, Julie Harris, Olga Bellin, Paul Roebling, Wendy Tilghman

For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made ...

Genre: Documentary,History

Actors:Erik Barnouw, Jason Robards, Ken Bilby, Norman Corwin, Red Barber

For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling ...

Genre: Documentary,History

Actors:Arthur Miller, David McCullough, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Irons, Paul Roebling

Ken Burns’ portrait of Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long.

Genre: Documentary

Actors:David McCullough

Today it’s a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems ...

Genre: Documentary,History

Actors:Arthur Miller, David McCullough, Julie Harris, Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Roebling