PBS Documentaries

Survey African kingdoms, cities, trade networks and intellectual traditions that challenge narrow accounts of the continent’s history.

Enter the food webs of the Pacific Ocean, where predators, migrations, currents and immense biological productivity connect life across vast distances.

Investigate a Canadian discrimination scandal through the people who challenged institutions, public assumptions and the unequal treatment they experienced.

Revisit a defining space-shuttle disaster and the technical, organizational and human decisions that forced NASA to reconsider the future of its program.

Watch “A Murdered Priest, an Apache Man, and the Truth West Texas Buried,” a full-length crime & justice documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.

Watch “Exposing the Myth of Southern Charm,” a full-length society documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.

Watch “How Native Americans Read the Stars (And Built a Civilization) | Full Episode | Native America,” a full-length history documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.

Watch “Meet the Evangelical Science Teacher Who Raised an Evolutionist,” a full-length society documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.

Watch “The Hidden Founders of American Democracy | Full Episode | Native America,” a full-length society documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.

Watch “The True Life of Dolores Huertas,” a full-length biography documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.

Watch “This is Black Queer Culture of the Past, Present and Future,” a full-length culture & people documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.

Watch “What Happened to the Ocean After 23 Nuclear Bomb Blasts? | Big Pacific,” a full-length nature & environment documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.

Watch “Why Mister Rogers Still Matters Today,” a full-length society documentary published by PBS Documentaries. This catalogue page includes the verified runtime, original publisher attribution and direct access through the official YouTube player.