A production of San Francisco's PBS outlet KCET, the sporadically telecast series GlobalTribe endeavored to show how people in different countries faced challenges pertaining to the global issues of the day. Special emphasis was given to such topics as race, environment and political upheaval. Among the "celebrity commentators" represented herein were Martin Sheen, Jane Goodall, Arun Gandhi, and Kerry Kennedy Cuomo. Hosted by Amy Eldon, GlobalTribe was first seen on January 29, 2003.
A four-part documentary series charting major 20th-century public-works projects in the U.S. Topics include the Hoover Dam and Mississippi River flood-control projects; wiring the nation for electricity; the bridges connecting New York City with its suburbs; and Boston's 'Big Dig.'
Latin America's African roots are explored in visits to Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico and Peru. Included: how Latin Americans of African descent live; how their countries acknowledge or deny their African past.
It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates, the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree. Our bodies carry the anatomical legacy of animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.