Yearly Archives: 2021

NOVA

NOVA looks at the array of promising new electric planes on the horizon and takes you for a ride in some impressive prototypes that are already in the air—such as Burt Rutan’s Long-ESA that can fly at over 200 mph and climb to 3,000 feet in under six minutes. Boeing, Airbus, Raytheon and other major companies are currently racing to develop practical short-haul passenger planes that promise to slash the operating costs and emissions of regular flights. But first, significant hurdles of battery weight, energy storage and cooling must be overcome. How long will it be before the dream of super-quiet, super-efficient airliners becomes a reality?

Length: 60 min.

Learn about the surprisingly recent invention of medicine that combats illness directly.

Length: 60 min.

Length: 60 min.

Director Cy Dodson reveals the immersive observation of unrest in his Minneapolis neighborhood in the days between the police killing of George Floyd and the charges filed against police officer Derek Chauvin.

Length: 30 min.

INDEPENDENT LENS

After fleeing Cambodia for the U.S., Ted Ngoy built a fried pastry empire and began living his American Dream. But a great rise often comes with a great fall.

Length: 60 min.

In the year that marks the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII & the Holocaust, this documentary reveals a little-known story of 300 young orphaned children.

Length: 60 min.

Learn how the longest reigning monarch in British history was shaped by World War II.

Length: 60 min.

Look at a nature survivalist, rancher twins, a doctor who survived Ebola, and the recipient of a cancer therapy to uncover the advanced biology that keeps us alive against all odds.

Length: 60 min.

Meet the first animal visitors to a new manmade waterhole in the African savannah.

Length: 60 min.

NOVA
The cause of the infamous Hindenburg crash has baffled experts for over 80 years, with theories about the airship’s fire ranging from deliberate sabotage to a spark generated by the stormy conditions in which it landed. But new, never-before-seen amateur footage of the crash has surfaced, showing the airship’s final seconds from a fresh angle and in unrivaled clarity. Taking clues from the footage and other sources, NOVA leads a fresh investigation at a leading scientific lab with eye-opening experiments that point to a final solution of the mystery.

Length: 60 min.