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The relationship between Charles Eames and his wife Ray ignited a burst of design ingenuity whose impact on the world can still be felt over half a century later.

This riveting film takes a look behind the scenes at one of the 20th century's cinema classics and at one of contemporary cinema's most maddeningly brilliant directors, Milos Forman. Using never before seen materials, from original costume and set sketches to an innumerable collection of intimate on-set photography, blended with vibrant and revealing new interviews of the cast and crew, The Making of Amadeus weaves a spellbinding tale, filled with drama and humor. ...And at the center of it all is the indisputable creative genius of Milos Forman and a cast of characters behind the lens as unique and idiosyncratic as that of the fictional world of in front of the lens. From start to finish, The Making of Amadeus takes an unblinking look at the trials and tribulations of this mammoth production effort. - From the conflicts as Forman goes head-to-head with the world-renowned playwright Sir Peter Schaffer as they take Amadeus from stage to screen, to the seven months of on location filming in communist era Czechoslovakia. With sets crawling with undercover secret police, Milos Forman returns to his native land from exile for the first time in 20 years. He discovers that in order for the film to succeed he must put all his personal emotions aside. In a world in which communist inefficiency reigns supreme and logic seemingly does not apply, the cast and crew embark on a voyage filled with some of the most memorable filmmaking experiences of their lives - as east meets west. Featuring interviews with Milos Forman, producer Saul Zaentz, playwright Sir Peter Schaffer, choreographer Twyla Tharp, conductor Sir Neville Marinner, lead actors Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, and Elizabeth Berridge, among many others, The Making of Amadeus provides a riveting glimpse at a world most never get to see. Executed with a tenderness and craft rarely seen in other "making of films", The Making of Amadeus is a film that can hold it's own against the power of the work it seeks to chronicle.

During the civil rights movement, a Lutheran minister in Nebraska sets out to integrate his church.

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, tracing the path from Ken Kesey's1962 novel to a 1963 Broadway play starring Kirk Douglas, to the 1975 film that would sweep that year's Academy Awards.

The acclaimed author of "Fire in the Belly" presents an exhilarating look at the flying trapeze and at the potential it offers for growth and transformation. In "Learning to Fly", Keen traces the life journey that led him to respond to the lure of the trapeze and shares what his five years of intensive practice have taught him about living more intensely and passionately. "Learning to Fly" teaches us to soar on the wings of possibility. As we watch Sam Keen and fellow students progress through breathtaking exercises, Keen imparts moving revelations about risk-taking, trust, bravado, true strength, falling and letting go. "Learning to Fly" reveals the grace of ascending in body and spirit- and living with levity.

This film dramatizes the predicaments facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War , focusing on the major motivational factors in play as conditions to their decisions to stay and fight.

For the past 20 years, scientists around the world have been confronting one of the greatest medical challenges in human history: the search for an AIDS vaccine. Like detectives on the trail of a ruthless serial killer, determined researchers relentlessly pursue the elusive HIV virus, trying to unlock its lethal secrets. Along the way, they uncover promising leads, gaining critical insights into how to immunize the public against the deadliest virus known to man. But so far, the defiant microbe evades every attempt to defeat it. With each passing day, as the epidemic spreads to new parts of the world, the search becomes more urgent. In the absence of a vaccine, another 60 million people may become infected with HIV by the year 2010. ENDING AIDS: THE SEARCH FOR A VACCINE, tells the story of this dramatic duel between man and nature, taking viewers from high-tech labs to clinics where dying patients seek treatment, and into the lives of those whose bodies - for reasons still unclear - miraculously are seemingly immune to infection with HIV. And looking beyond the purely medical challenges into the wider cultural issues surrounding HIV, the film addresses the scientific, political, ethical and organizational challenges of stopping the signature pandemic of our time.

Biblical Archaeologist Vendyl Jones has been digging in Israel, looking for ancient sacred treasures. Despite controversy and bureacratic battles, he continues his search for the most sacred of treasures.

The history of legal official racial segregation in the USA.

The fuel cell uses hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity. And the only by-products are water and heat. So why aren't we using them today? "The Next Big Thing?" looks at the history of other promising technologies to answer that question.