Peter Coyote

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

"The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick : Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who...

"Every moment of our lives we are making decisions based on information from our senses. What we hear and see tells us to stop or go, helps us connect with loved ones, and defines our world. As we age, the information that we receive from our eyes and ears becomes degraded and our ability to act on this information slows. But what if we could do something to impact these abilities? What if our brain holds the key to our independence? Brain fitness2...

In "Resilience," the second episode of Hiding in Plain Sight, our “heroes” speak about finding help and inpatient and/or outpatient treatment. It also explores the criminalization of mental illness, tragedy of youth suicide, and “double stigma” that occurs when mental illness is combined with racial or gender discrimination. Throughout, the interviewees demonstrate the power of resiliency and hope.

Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. demonstrates how experts in various fields (a flutist, a baseball player, and a simultaneous translator) improve their neurological abilities through sustained, continuous, intense practice of their respective skill set and how such consequential neurological findings in experts compare to the average individual.

"The Brain Fitness Progam, as seen on Public Television, is based on the concepts of neuroplasticity -- the ability of the brain to change and adapt and even rewire itself"--Container.

Leaving behind his Boston childhood, Benjamin Franklin reinvents himself in Philadelphia where he builds a printing empire and a new life with his wife Deborah. Turning to science, Franklin gains worldwide fame from his lightning rod and experiments in electricity. After entering politics, he spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his own family starts to come apart.

Chronicles Enron's fall from being one of the top ten businesses in the United States to one of the largest corporate scandals leading to bankruptcy.

Examines the legal struggles and human rights questions surrounding detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba; explores the headquarters of the National Security Agency and the agency's role in protecting the United States; join host Jake Ward as he takes viewers on a tour of some of the current off-the-record projects that exist in the United States; details the United States Secret Service; follows DEA agents and undercover operatives as they...

Hemingway, reeling from his split with Martha, attaches himself to the U.S. Army as it moves through Normandy and liberates Paris. After the war he tries to start a new life with Mary Welsh but is beset with personal tragedies and professional mishaps. He publishes The Old Man and the Sea and wins the Nobel Prize but eventually is overcome by addiction, physical trauma and depression.