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Six-hour documentary about the American Revolution, from the approval of the Stamp Act (1765) to the ratification of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights (1789).

The story of the renowned American polymath.

Extraordinary changes are taking place in American medicine today. Driven by new scientific evidence, doctors are coming to understand that treating the body alone is not enough - the mind can also play a critical role in the healing process. Many physicians are embracing a more holistic form of healthcare, seeking to heal the whole person. Treatments once considered fringe, including visualization, meditation and hypnosis, are being prescribed alongside high-tech western medicine. And medical schools are placing new importance on teaching the "softer side of medicine": listening and communicating.

Lost Birds is a documentary about the stories of five birds driven to extinction in modern times and sculptor Todd McGrain's project to memorialize them. The film follows the sculptor as he searches for the locations where the birds were last seen in the wild and negotiates for permission to install his large bronze sculptures there.

The 1984 cast of the Broadway musical 'Annie' talks about menstruation.

The story of the pictures we have taken and where they have taken us.

The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus follows a sex-positive, socially conscious troupe of contemporary circus, vaudeville, burlesque and sideshow performers behind the scenes during their annual Winter Cabaret in Brooklyn and regional tours of the United States and Canada. Step right up as this close-knit, hybrid family of self-affirming "misfits", led by founders Stephanie Monseu and Keith Nelson, seeks to preserve ancient performance and American variety art forms in the modern world.

Follows the restoration and re-encasement of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights between 2001 and 2003.

From his humble beginnings as an immigrant, to his infamous death, the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton is explored.

Creating the new nation, Washington resigns his commission, Noah Webster standardizes American English, Shays' Rebellion, the Confederation Congress, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison envision a new system of government, the Constitution, Bill of Rights and formation of a central government.

The Coersive/Intolerable Acts, military reinforcement of Boston, the first Continental Congress, the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, loyalists and the Olive Branch Petition, Common Sense, The Declaration of Independence

Benjamin Franklin appeals for French assistance, Gen. Burgoyne's incursion from the north and the fall of Fort Ticonderoga, the war in New England, the Battle of Brandywine Creek, the Battle of Saratoga and Burgoyne's surrender, America signs a treaty with the French.

Follows the happenings in Northamerica and England during 1763-1774.

The British army arrives under General Howe, Washington's formation of an American army, division of colonies as patriot or loyalist, the defense of New York, fall of New Jersey, The American Crisis, the crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton.

The French alliance, Gen. Clinton's campaign in the south, the siege of Charleston, Gen. Cornwallis's strategy to conquer the south, Benedict Arnold joins the British, French troops under Gen. Rochambeau reinforce Washington's army, Gen. Nathanael Greene reclaims the south, the Battle of Yorktown, the British surrender.