- 10.0/101 votes
#1 - The Man Who Tried to Feed The World
Season 32 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2020
Explore the life of 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, who tried to solve world hunger. He rescued India from a severe famine and led the "Green Revolution," estimated to have saved one billion lives. But his work later faced criticism.
Director: Rob Rapley
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/102 votes
#2 - The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838
Season 25 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2013
The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.
Director: Rob Rapley
Writer: N/A