Blood Diamonds

See the actual battlefields as they were and as they are today. No battlefields have greater appeal than the meticulously preserved meadows and forest...

Shot over one night in the loud, dimly lit printing press, this is the story of the men whose labour lies behind Sierra Leone's oldest daily newspaper...

On April 12th, 1864, at an insignificant little fort, several hundred black Union soldiers fought a hopeless battle against a Confederate general who...

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What t...

Dry Tortugas: Journey aboard the Yankee Freedom, a 100 foot catamaran for the 2.5 hour, 70 mile trip. The area is known for its famous bird and marine...

Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.

Documentary series which uses film and eyewitness accounts from both sides of the conflict that divided Spain in the years leading up to World War Two...

Filomena Lopes recalls the first moments of Angola's independence. A story fictionalised through photographic archives. A personal investigation into...

This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and ackn...

Beirut is a wonderful town. It's like you're at the center of everything. In Beirut, between 1975 and 1990, there was a civil war, everybody wanted to...

Libertad, Enriqueta, Maricarmen and Albert evoke the years when their mothers and his aunt stayed in Les Corts jail, times of innocence, hopelessness...

Known for years as one of the most dangerous maximum-security prisons, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is the setting for one of the most movin...

Using historically-accurate, battle-filled re-enactments and interviews with expert historians and noted authors, this two-part documentary series bri...

Unlock the secrets of the most celebrated and prized gem in the world. Learn why the Hope Diamond has inspired superstition and passion since its disc...

In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a group of friends lives on the streets. They call themselves the Freetown Streetboys, even though there are...