• March 30, 1999 | Facing the Truth
    Bill Moyers reports on the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as it investigates human rights violations and helps South Africa in its process of healing and reinvention.
  • March 30, 1999 | Facing the Truth
    As the U.S. wrestles with its own heritage of discrimination and injustice, the TRC’s process offers insights into how America might improve its own future through reconciliation and forgiveness.
  • April 16, 1996 | The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith
    The religious historian on Islamic conceptions of order, justice, mercy, and compassion.
  • April 9, 1996 | The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith
    The religious historian considers the "dense and palpable" spirit of Christianity and the intimate relationship between Jews and their God.
  • April 2, 1996 | The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith
    Confucius was no God, but his teachings were the invisible mortar holding together a society containing one quarter of the world's population.
  • March 26, 1996 | The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith
    The religious historian takes us from India to Tibet to Japan to explore two great religions — Hinduism and Buddhism.
  • May 1, 1995 | The Language of Life
    This episode features three very different artists who share an ability to transport audiences and instill hope with their poetry.
  • March 22, 1995 | The Language of Life
    In this episode, Lucille Clifton and David Mura explore their cultural histories, , childhoods, race and life in America today.
  • March 16, 1995 | The Language of Life
    The 13th-century Islamic mystic Jelaluddin Rumi is brought to life in this revealing look at his works.
  • February 18, 1994 | Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass
    The great abolitionist Frederick Douglass comes to life in a dramatic performance of his famous speech on slavery and human rights.