Nutopia (Firm)

From Jamestown to Plymouth, early settlers fight for survival. Tobacco sows the seeds of opportunity, and the north becomes a powerhouse of trade. Tension, taxation, and resistance explode into war as the rebels take on the might of the British Empire. Washington's army is near defeat, but new weapons and battle tactics turn the tide. Forged through revolution, a new nation is born. Follow the men and women who pushed innovation and ingenuity to the...

Trailblazing pioneers set out to conquer the west, but find the land already claimed. Wagon trains meet hardship on the road to California's gold. The steamboat ushers in a new era of commerce, industry, and unprecedented wealth. In the south, cotton is king but slavery fuels a growing divide. Violence flares across the territories and the election of Lincoln is a harbinger of war.

Focuses on how events small and large are intrinsically linked to the exploration and innovation, leading Americans from the frontier to 21st century cities, from the Mississippi to the moon, from Jamestown to 9/11, up to present day. Moving through time and space linking key events, people, and locations, capturing the vast sweep of American history, and bringing viewers on a journey through the forces that shaped the destiny of America.

In this series Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world.