"He wasn't built for the spotlight; he was built for the wings," observes journalist Jack Newfield of Robert Kennedy, a man of quiet determination. During his brother John's presidency, Bobby remained in the shadows, diligently ensuring tha…

"The Fight" revisits the June 1938 heavyweight championship match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling of Germany, examining the profound political and social implications of the event. As narrator Courtney B. Vance observes, the bout "was g…

Filmmaker Adriana Bosch chronicles Fidel Castro's rise to power in Cuba and his dominance over the latter half of the 20th century. Through the voices of Cuban exiles, former associates of Castro, foreign-policy analysts, a former brother-i…

This program recounts the ambitious undertaking of constructing a 1500-mile route through Canada to Tokyo in 1942, a feat accomplished by 11,000 American soldiers – a significant number of whom were Black. While not a defining victory of th…

The documentary delves into the life of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, an Indiana University zoologist whose groundbreaking exploration of American sexuality sent ripples through the nation in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Directors Barak Goodman and…

Mary Pickford, the silent-screen darling who pioneered the path to Hollywood and ascended to become "America's first superstar," remains a compelling figure. (1893-1979), she possessed a sharp business mind, founding United Artists alongsid…

The arduous endeavor of Cyrus Field to span the Atlantic with telegraph cables during the 1850s and 1860s is a tale of perseverance. Field's ultimate triumph in 1866, historian David Czitrom notes, signified "the annihilation of space and t…

"The Massie Affair" recounts the 1931 Honolulu rape case of a young white Navy wife, a tragedy deepened by the subsequent kidnapping and murder of one of the Hawaiian defendants who had been acquitted. While the narrative explores themes of…

Through conversations with Carter family relatives, music journalists, and artists like Gillian Welch, Joan Baez, Marty Stuart, and Rodney Crowell, the story of country music’s pioneering family unfolds. The early years of A.P. Carter, his …