Greet the future: social robots, a "smart" electric grid, microbes that make diesel fuel, and more.

This two-parter examines the huge project now restoring the Nisqually River, from its source on Mount Rainier to the estuary in Puget Sound. Led by the Nisqually Indian tribe, the restoration aims to fill the river once again with abundant, magnificent wild salmon.

Anna May Wong knew she wanted to be a movie star from the time she was a young girl—and by 17 she became one. A third generation Chinese-American, she went on to make dozens of films in Hollywood and Europe.

WEST ENCOUNTERS EAST explores the unique fusion of Eastern and Western artistic traditions in the works of well-known and emerging Japanese-Brazilian artists. The documentary examines their lifestyles, traditions, culture and art while exploring the themes of immigration, dual identity, alienation and assimilation in their work.

The weekly public television series CONSUELO MACK WEALTHTRACK remains the only program on television devoted to long-term diversified investing, covering all stocks, bonds, real estate, insurance, art and collectibles.

Chinese-American filmmaker Theresa Loong creates an intimate portrait of her father, a man fifty years her senior. In this documentary, we explore the bonds of the father-daughter relationship and place themes of growing older, immigration and racism in the context of “living history.” 

Explore the origin of our solar system and the start of life itself, how head lice figure in human evolution, and more.

A study of the influx of immigrant workers at a meat-packing plant and their impact on the cowboy town of Brooks, Alberta, in Canada. The program also celebrates the city's centennial anniversary. 

Teams of intrepid scientists use the latest technology to explore the lives of whales and dolphins.

NIAGARA FALLS is more than the celebration of a natural wonder: it's a study of human achievement and human folly on an epic scale. It is a tale of exploitation and preservation and the changing nature of love in America - of the way Man has related to Nature over centuries.