Jay O. Sanders Movies

Buffalo, NY. The day before Thanksgiving. Cliff and Carol Morgan take their three grown children out to dinner to tell them that, after thirty years,...

Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans...

True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.

When a state governor is unexpectedly tapped for the Vice-Presidency he finds the vetting process a brutal introduction to national politics.

A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues,...

It’s long been known that German soldiers used a methamphetamine called Pervitin during WWII. But have tales of Nazis on speed obscured the...

NOVA returns to Ground Zero to witness the completion of One World Trade Center.

Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil human ancestors.

Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an...

Dated to the late Stone Age, Stonehenge may be the best-known and most mysterious relic of prehistory. Every year, a million visitors are drawn to...

In this two-hour special, NOVA captures the turmoil that tore apart the community of Dover, Pennsylvania in one of the latest battles over teaching...

On a sweltering hot day, a very pregnant Maria, desperate for a cooling swim, encounters obstacles on her path to the river.

A widow and her family face new challenges when they relocate to a run-down guest ranch in New Mexico.

A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.

Four and a half billion years ago, the young Earth was a hellish place-a seething chaos of meteorite impacts, volcanoes belching noxious gases, and...

Dinosaurs are generally considered tropical animals. So what are their fossils doing north of the arctic circle? Paleontologists battle the fierce...

Predictions underlie nearly every aspect of our lives, from sports, politics, and medical decisions to the morning commute. With the explosion of...

In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three...

A team of scientists and explorers probe high altitude caves in the Tibetan Himalayas.