Henry Louis Gates, Jr. journeys with film director Ava DuVernay, actor S. Epatha Merkerson, and musician Questlove to the unexpected places where their ancestors were scattered by slavery, upending their notions of African American history—and their own family trees.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps musician Pharrell Williams and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons understand the experiences of their enslaved ancestors, uncovering extraordinarily rare first-person accounts of their relatives who endured bondage.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps musician Dionne Warwick and actor Danielle Brooks break down the barriers imposed by slavery to learn the names and stories of their ancestors who endured bondage. Facing one of the greatest genealogical challenges, Gates uses his detective skills to piece together the lives of women and men who survived unimaginable ordeals--but emerged to forge families that thrived.

A healthy pregnancy starts with the choices you make today. Through tips from other parents and using helpful tools, such as MyPlate.gov, this video will show you how to make healthy habits an important part of your pregnancy.

Discover how the ancestors of business mogul Richard Branson and architects Maya Lin and Frank Gehry took audacious risks to create opportunities, and how their luck, ingenuity and chutzpah was passed on to these three visionaries.

Find out how Lashonda and Andres faced the challenges of delivering their twins at 31 weeks after experiencing a high-risk pregnancy.

Esta película presenta el capítulo Comprender el nacimiento por cesárea del programa Entendiendo el nacimiento de InJoy. A través de dos historias de nacimientos por cesárea, una planificada y otra no planificada, los espectadores aprenderán información esencial sobre el parto por cesárea de una manera reconfortante, fácil de entender y familiar. El contenido incluye: por qué se realizan las cesáreas, animación en 3D del procedimiento...

This film features the Understanding Cesarean Birth chapter from InJoy's Understanding Birth program. Through two cesarean birth stories-one planned and one unplanned- viewers will learn essential information about cesarean birth in a way that's comforting, easy to understand, and relatable.Content includes: why cesareans are performed, 3D animation of the medical procedure, risks to mom and baby, the benefits of skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding,...

Deserted by her husband and with four children to support, 24-year-old Sushma, from a remote village in Nepal, was sold into sexual slavery. Her trafficker took her to Kolkata, but she managed to escape. In this film we document how difficult it is for Nepal to stanch the flow of young women being trafficked each year across an open 1,500-mile-long border with India. Meet some of the women on the frontline who are trying to put a stop to the trade....

A towering figure in the development of experimental and post-war electronic art music, Pauline Oliveros explores the origin of sound with neuroscientist Seth Horowitz. Oliveros is the founder of "Deep Listening,"which comes from her childhood fascination with sounds and from her works in concert music with composition, improvisation, and electro-acoustics. She describes “Deep Listening” as a way of listening in every possible way to everything...