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Spanning between past and present, Hidden Letters follows two millennial Chinese women connected by their fascination with the secret language of Nushu. This centuries-old hidden language bonded generations of Chinese women in a clandestine support system of sisterhood, hope and survival. Influenced by Nushu’s legacy of female solidarity, the two women struggle to find balance as they forge their own paths in a patriarchal culture. Directed by Violet Du Feng.
The Moche flourished in a narrow strip between the Pacific Ocean and the Andres mountains of Peru for 650 years. But their society is short-lived and around the 6th century AD, the Moche succumb to a series of disasters. Part 4 of 6.
Despite their commercial success, the Norse suddenly and mysteriously disappear from historical record at the start of the 15th century. The fate of the Norse will continue to bewilder archaeologists for centuries to come. Part 5 of 6.
Founded at the beginning of the 9th century CE, the Khmer Empire had been one of the most powerful states in Southeast Asia. The jewel in the crown was the capital city - Angkor, containing the largest religious structure ever built, Angkor Wat. Part 6 of 6.
Exploring the early years of Abraham Lincoln and the lesser-known aspects of his life before political stardom, from his hard, frontier roots to his courtship of a complicated woman who will later push him to great political heights. Part 1 of 6.
While the issue of the expansion of slavery is tearing the country apart, Lincoln reveals how poignant oration, political savvy, and moral conviction can help a lawyer from Illinois ascend from obscurity to the White House. Part 2 of 6.
Examining the beginning of Lincoln’s presidency and the start of the Civil War. As the former one-term congressman prepares to take office, the South severs itself from the United States and the country faces an unprecedented crisis. Part 3 of 6.
The Union Army struggles as Lincoln wrestles with his own mental health. This episode examines Lincoln’s journey to the Emancipation Proclamation and questions if Lincoln’s motive was moral integrity or military necessity. Part 4 of 6.
Chronicling Lincoln’s evolution on the issues of slavery and equality. As the Civil War ends, Lincoln delivers the most iconic speech and piece of legislation of his career, but at great cost to his marriage and family. Part 5 of 6.
After Lincoln’s murder, an epic manhunt for his killer in on as his wife and country unravel. America is rife with racial conflict, and his assassination sets the stage for the Civil Rights struggles from Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter. Part 6 of 6.
The true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, told by the man who lead the only team ever to have repeated their incredible feat - explorer and adventurer Tim Jarvis.
In 1975, an expedition led by Chris Bonington set out to achieve the impossible. To climb the South West Face of Everest, and put the very first British Mountaineers on her summit. In the face of overwhelming odds, dwindling oxygen supplies, freezing Jet Stream winds, avalanche, frostbite, widespread public negativity and the press reporting that failure was almost inevitable - a British team succeeded - where all others had failed.
Indigenous people have been harvesting and eating wild cranberries for millennia. European settlers started to cultivate cranberries in Massachusetts in 1816 and the berry remains an integral part of the Bay State’s cultural and culinary landscape today.
