Sarah Holt Movies
NOVA scienceNOW: Can We Make It to Mars?
2011
Hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, this program from PBS examines the prospect of sending humans on a trip to Mars that could last as long as two to three years. Though the...
NOVA scienceNOW: How Does the Brain Work?
2011
This release from NOVA scienceNOW offers a collection of four documentaries exploring the fascinating inner workings of the brain, with programs examining how the way the visual...
NOVA scienceNOW: Can We Live Forever?
2011
This series of programs from Nova ScienceNow explores the topic of longevity, with segments on such varied topics as a man who kept his 1966 Volvo running for over 2.7 million...
NOVA: What Are Dreams?
2009
Discover what your nocturnal visions might be trying to tell you as a team of respected dream researchers conduct a series of psychological and neurological experiments designed...
NOVA: Lizard Kings
2009
This documentary from the long-running Nova series follows reptile expert Dr. Eric Pianka as he takes a fascinating look at the strange, beautiful, and surprisingly...
NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew
2009
Discover the secrets of an emerging science affectionately dubbed "evo devo" as the answer-seekers at NOVA explore the secrets of evolution. Our planet is home to a staggering...
NOVA: Cracking the Maya Code
2008
This documentary explains how archeologists and other scientist managed to decode the ancient carving of Mayan civilization, a fact that led to a greater understanding of what...
NOVA: Alien from Earth
2008
In 2003, archaeologists on the Indonesian island of Flores unearthed the remains of a strange, elf-like creature that, until that date, had been thought by many to be nothing more...
The Magnificent Voyage of Christopher Columbus
2007
Some sources have referred to the two-hour PBS special The Magnificent Voyage of Christopher Columbus as a miniseries--an understandable misconception, in that the program...
Rx for Survival, Episode 2: Rise of the Superbugs
2005
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NOVA: World in the Balance - The People Paradox
2004
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NOVA: Mysterious Life of Caves
2002
An episode of the science series Nova, Mysterious Life of Caves takes the viewer into caves from around the world. Some of the locations captured in this documentary are...
NOVA: Death Star
2002
Death stars are stars several billion times brighter than the sun, and so far away that when their light comes close enough to be seen on earth, it's already over a billion years...
American Experience: The Rockefellers
2000
Part one of American Experience: The Rockefellers chronicles the rise of John D. Rockefeller from the son of a gambler to the owner of Standard Oil. Born in 1839,...
NOVA: Trillion Dollar Bet
1999
The Black-Scholes formula of economics promised to revolutionize Wall Street. It was a simple idea that determined the stock price according to mathematical principles. Yet when...
American Experience: MacArthur
1999
General Douglas MacArthur is considered to be one of the most influential and important military personalities in America's history. American Experience: MacArthur provides...
NOVA: Electric Heart
1999
Dr. O.H. Frazier first believed that by 1980, there would be 100,000 people with functioning artificial hearts. Now, that promise sounds like a chapter from an Orwellian...
American Experience: The Richest Man in the World - Andrew Carnegie
1997
The Richest Man In the World is a thoughtful portrait of one of history's most complicated men. Andrew Carnegie was a study in contrasts, a walking contradiction. He was a great...