Channel dedicated to documentaries.

Just because these insects are small doesn't mean they're not mighty. Watch as these tiny creatures return form the dead and protect themselves from predators.

Google, Apple and Facebook-owned Instagram are enabling an illegal online slave market by approving and providing apps used for selling domestic workers in the Gulf. In this black market system, domestic workers are susceptible to repulsive abuse and can be jailed if they dare to leave their jobs.

This documentary explores the latest technological advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnology, and poses the question: what is the essence of the human mind? Can it be replicated? Or even more disturbingly: could we one day find cloned versions of ourselves, clones that are better, smarter and immortal?

Fat Fiction reveals how the US government relied on questionable evidence to support one of the most damaging public health recommendations in US history: the "low-fat diet."

Human Zoos tells the story of how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in the early decades of the twentieth century. Often touted as "missing links" between man and apes, these native peoples were harassed, demeaned, and jeered at. Their public display was arranged with the enthusiastic support of the most elite members of the scientific community, and it was promoted uncritically by America's leading newspapers. The documentary also tells the story of a courageous group of African-American ministers who tried to stop one such 'Human Zoo' in New York City. The documentary features Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Pamela Newkirk, author of Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga.

Elizabeth Holmes was going to revolutionise the medical industry with Theranos, a company that specialised in the creation of miniature labs for blood testing. At its peak, it was valued at $9 billion. Holmes’ work drew her comparisons with Steve Jobs and other Silicon Valley innovators until the entire project crumbled under accusations of fraud. Las investigaciones posteriores revelaron el lado oscuro de Theranos y las prácticas que utilizaba para atraer a los inversores. The fallout from the collapse of the firm affects more than the reputation of Elizabeth Holmes. It may also forever change the way medical technology is marketed.

A mysterious set of ancient stone structures has brought a team of archeologists to a rugged and starkly beautiful corner of Saudi Arabia. Their goal: to determine as much as they can about the structures' origins, and what they find may rewrite history.

In January 2013, Laura Poitras began receiving encrypted emails signed by someone named "Citizenfour," who claimed to have evidence of illegal surveillance programs run by the NSA in collaboration with other intelligence agencies around the world. Five months later, she and Guardian journalists Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with an anonymous man who turned out to be Edward Snowden.

The ecosystem is a beautifully complex collection of life forms working in harmony. The intricacies of these connections are explored in The Magical Forest. The filmmakers embed themselves in one of the most glorious natural environments in the world: the sprawling seasonal forests of North America. Here, plant and animal life share a stunning give-and-take relationship. The most profound examples of this can be found during the autumn as the cold moves in, insect life burrows deep into the ground, and the trees begin to shed their leaves.

The Internet’s Own Boy chronicles the life and work of internet activist and programming prodigy Aaron Swartz. Swartz was involved in pioneering web development projects from an early age. However, his social and political activism and his aggressive stance on free access to information put him in trouble with the US government. It resulted in a two-year legal battle that ended with his tragic suicide at 26 years of age.

Perched atop a mountain crest, mysteriously abandoned more than four centuries ago, Machu Picchu is the most famous archeological ruin in the western Hemisphere and an iconic symbol of the power and engineering prowess of the Inca. Who were the mysterious people that built this extraordinary place and for what reason did they build it in this particular location?