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- DirectorEstela RennerStarsLaura SchichvargerDiscoveries in neuroscience can help us understand childhood development. When a person is born, it is more than just a genetic load. We are formed by our relationship with everything around us combined with our genetics, The Beginning of Life investigates what separates us and what is essential to all of us, how we can create a better world by investing in the first years of our lives.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBrad PittJamal CavilMaisha DiattaThis documentary examines the origins of the universe, including the beginning of life on Earth.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 1: Once Upon a Time in the Universe...
- StarsWill SmithChris HadfieldJerry LinengerThe extraordinary story of Earth and why it is special and uniquely brimming with life among a largely unknown but harsh cosmic arena; astronauts tell the story of Earth through a unique perspective.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 2: Our Planet Earth
- DirectorGregory ColbertStarsPatrick DisantoLaurence FishburneJeanne MoreauExploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 3: Animals and Us
- DirectorClaude NuridsanyMarie PérennouStarsSotigui KouyatéA storyteller relates the creation of the world. A tall tale like all yarns. But this tall tale is a true tale - it is our very own story. The birth of the universe, the formation of the Earth, the appearance of life, the emergence from the waters, the colonisation of earthly paradise...a tremendous, event-filled saga unfolds before our very eyes. This "flamboyant" Genesis, both modern and timeless, is "enacted" by the direct descendants of those who were part of it - the animals.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 4: The Genesis of Mankind
- StarsDavid AttenboroughSir David Attenborough reviews the history of mankind's relationship with the natural world in the lands around the Mediterranean.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 5: Man and the Natural World
- DirectorFederico HellerNigel W. TierneyStarsDave BurdBackstreet BoysJustin BieberLil Dicky leads an all-star cast with top-artists in his new music video, "Earth" which really supports nature.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 6: Environmental Issues and Climate Change
- DirectorKelly NyksJared P. ScottStarsLester BrownMike BruneMajora CarterBill McKibben in a David-vs-Goliath battle fights the fossil fuel industry to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 7: Energy Demands and the Black Gold
- DirectorAnthony ArnoveChris MooreHoward ZinnStarsMatt DamonViggo MortensenMarisa TomeiA look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 8: Taking a Stand, Fighting Hate, and Advocating Peace
- DirectorEmmanuel ItierStarsSharon StoneMaria Conchita AlonsoJoanna AngelA documentary featuring interviews with 100 influential women from around the world.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 9: Women's Struggles
- DirectorSantiago ÁlvarezStarsLena HorneA documentary short about racism in the United States.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 10: Racism, Crime, Law Enforcement, Incarceration, and Justice
- DirectorGregg GodfreyStarsTravis PastranaKenny WindhamNate AdamsDrugs have caused 50% of America's prison inmates and 20 million drug addicts, the highest addiction rate in the world...IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 11: The Global Drug Problem
- DirectorLee StanleyStarsEdward James OlmosLee StanleyShane StanleyLost in a wave of heartache and blame three boys and three father who were long ago separated by the courts, and unable to hear each other's lonely cries for help, are reunited on board Lee's sailboat where, despite the close quarters they have the room to change their minds and their livesIMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 12: Youth and Family Issues
- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsCharles AdamsJonathan AlterRobert BalfanzAn examination of the current state of education in America today.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 13: Education
- DirectorLionel RogosinStarsMolly ParkinGOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES was Lionel Rogosin's plea for humanity and against war and fascism. For two years, Rogosin traveled to twelve countries to collect footage of war atrocities from their archives. He interspersed these harrowing images with scenes of a London cocktail party's mundane chatter. GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES was released in 1964, at the height of the Vietnam War, and became one of the great anti-war films of the era.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 14: Genocide
- DirectorKevin AltieriTodd McFarlaneStarsJeff AmentStone GossardJack IronsAn animated music video for Pearl Jam's song "Do the Evolution".IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 15: War and Revolution
- DirectorMolly HermannStarsJames BaileyBill BoslegoClent BowersThe Star-Spangled Banner is known by all, treasured for its powerful melody and stirring lyrics. And yet, only about 40% of U.S. citizens know all the words. And even fewer know their meaning. Join us as we travel back to 1814, when Washington D.C. was under British attack during the "Second War of Independence," and the very bricks and mortar of American democracy were reduced to smoking rubble. We examine the battle that inspired witness Francis Scott Key to immortalize its final moments, then reveal how his poem transformed into an anthem.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 16: The American Presidents and the History of the United States
- DirectorJames HanlonGédéon NaudetJules NaudetStarsTony BenatatosYusuf Baran BilgicJamal BraithwaiteA real life documentary following the events of September 11 from an insider's view, through the lens of James Hanlon and two French filmmakers who were in Manhattan that one day.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 17: Terrorism, Extremism, and the War on Terror
- StarsAdam CurtisRobert ReichAnn BernaysA documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 18: Democracy, Propaganda, and the Media
- DirectorWilliam T. StillStarsWilliam T. StillThe Money Masters is a 1996 documentary film that discusses the concepts of money, debt, taxes, and describes their development from biblical times onward.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 19: Money and Economics
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsFranklin Chang-DiazGuillermo Gómez-PeñaLenwood JohnsonAfter acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980's. In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film includes interviews with migrant workers and illegal entrants along the Mexican border, conversations with an enterprising Indian motel owner, coverage of industrious African and Asian families in the cities, an extensive interview with the first Costa Rican astronaut, visits with Cuban exiles in Miami, several conversations with West Indian poet Derek Walcott, an extended portrait of the deposed Nicaraguan General Samoza (the surviving brother of Anastasio Somoza Debayle) and his extended family. The film finishes with a brief visit to the Russian Jewish community in Brooklyn, NY to tie in with the centenary of the Statue of Liberty.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 20: Migrants, Refugees & Immigration
- DirectorThomas NapperStarsKevin CohenManuel CompitoDanny HarrisNarrated by Catherine Keener, Lost Angeles takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals, people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness..IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 21: Homelessness, Poverty, and Humanitarianism
- StarsElton JohnDanny GloverCovers the key aspects of the world AIDS epidemic through powerful documentary stories about five victims and their communities, on five continents.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 22: HIV & AIDS
- DirectorA.W. GryphonStarsA.W. GryphonJeannie ShenRex HoffmanThis is the film I wanted to see when I was diagnosed with cancer. -Allison W. GryphonIMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 23: Cancer, Healthcare, Disability, and Mental Illness
- DirectorJanet TobiasStarsLarry BrilliantJohn ConnorDecontee DavisUnseen Enemy is a feature-length documentary about the threat of epidemics in the 21st century and what we can do to fight them.IMDb Link | Complete List: Chapter 24: Pandemics and Epidemics