David Grubin

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after ...

24 de mar. de 2008

This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey espe...

17 de abr. de 2010

For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrociti...

27 de jan. de 1972

This was a very human account of the lives and deaths of Marie Antoinette and Louis the XVI focusing primarily on Marie. It is an account of their ...

28 de nov. de 2006

O gênio inventor Nikola Tesla teve idéias que revolucionaram o uso da eletricidade e previu tecnologias que se tornaram indispensáveis décadas depois.

18 de out. de 2016

A champion of the strenuous life, Teddy Roosevelt embodied the notion of an expanded presidency. Stamping the presidency with his own colorful pers...

06 de out. de 1996

An overview of the Lincoln's life with emphasis on the role played by his wife, Mary.

15 de fev. de 2005

This documentary retraces the life of the famous Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud, from his birth to the publication of his landmark book on dr...

27 de nov. de 2002

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crise...

12 de out. de 1994

In David Grubin's NAPOLEON watch Napoleon's rise from obscurity to victories that made him a hero to the French people and convinced him he was des...

16 de nov. de 2000

There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this cent...

25 de jan. de 2015

Sasha is a young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard, living with his affectionate but overbearing father, a cellist determined to mana...

20 de abr. de 2012

Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers tried for twenty years to make a documentary about his own life. He died in 2001, leaving the project unfinished, until...

17 de jun. de 2009

Jimmy Santiago Baca was a petty thief and a drug dealer when he was sentenced to five years in Arizona State Prison, one of the deadliest prisons i...

08 de mar. de 2015

The life of the famed illustrator NC Wyeth as told by his children: Andrew Wyeth, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Caroline Wyeth, Nat Wyeth, and Ann Wyeth Mc...

24 de nov. de 1986

Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance Still/Here. At ...

15 de jan. de 1997

An interview with playwright and screenwriter Samson Raphaelson. First aired on PBS's "Creativity with Bill Moyers".

22 de nov. de 1982

How a patient-centered philosophy can improve outcomes and enrich the lives of patients.

02 de abr. de 2015

FREE RENTY tells the story of Tamara Lanier, an African American woman determined to force Harvard University to cede possession of daguerreotypes ...

15 de out. de 2021

David Grubin's probing and perceptive biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of Bobby Kennedy, whose early life was spent in the shado...

01 de mai. de 2004

Lyndon Johnson exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs, rivaling those of FDR's New Deal,...

30 de set. de 1991

This documentary follows the life of Kofi Annan, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and Secretary General of the United Nations. With unprecedented ac...

07 de jan. de 2003

He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry T...

05 de out. de 1997

William Kurelek's The Maze is a documentary film about the life of celebrated Canadian artist William Kurelek, "dramatically told through his paint...

12 de out. de 2011

Writer and artist, James Stevenson was one of The New Yorker Magazine’s most prolific cartoonists. Revered for its weighty commentary on world affa...

10 de nov. de 2019

Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago. Scr...

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Explores 350 years of Jewish American history, beginning with the first Jews who arrive in the 17th century, who epitomized the immigrant experienc...

Ancient medical science told us our minds and bodies are one; so did philosophers of old. Now, modern science and new research are helping us to un...

Napoleon's extraordinary rise from obscure military man to hero of the French people convinces him that he is destined for greatness.