First Descent (2005)

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli — repeatedly voted the world’s best — and works with his culinary team to…

A documentary about the race for the fastest connection and the most powerful algorithm in the high speed world of automated trading.

WELFARE shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and…

In 1997, a group of lawyers and activists prosecuted rape as a crime against humanity. This is the story of their fight for the first conviction.

Three trainers help acclimate mustangs to their new life in Europe as part of an effort to shed light on the plight of this mighty American horse.

An immersive, behind-the-scenes look at one of the world’s leading ballet companies as it mounts a new production of Swan Lake. Ballet icon Karen Kain, on the eve of her…

In Chapter 3 of Biohack Yourself, the spotlight is on the transformative technologies of light therapy, frequency modulation, and hyperbaric innovation

A look at the special relationship between Nirvana and the UK on the 30th anniversary of their seminal album Nevermind, including the role Britain played in paving the way for…

Southern Rites visits Montgomery County, Ga., one year after the town merged its racially segregated proms, and during a historic election campaign that may lead to its first African-American sheriff….

The special is in partnership with The Washington Post and staff writer Christian Davenport, whose depth of experience allowed him to gain inside access to key players.

Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.

The story behind Blondie’s album Parallel Lines, which sold 16 million copies and captured the spirit of 1970s New York at a time of poverty, crime and an exploding artistic…