“Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies” and “Zero to Infinity” Among Other Enthralling Programs Arriving on the Channel
Arlington, VA – October 31, 2022 – Arriving this November on the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel are two original programs presenting major events that have affected the world in the past and today. In AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s two-part miniseries, “Taken Hostage,” viewers will revisit the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Unfolding like a political thriller, the story is told through the eyewitness accounts of those who took part in the events. In FRONTLINE’s “Putin’s War at Home,” audiences will watch as defiant Russians push back against Putin’s crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine. In addition, viewers will explore the mysterious life and legacy of the pharaoh Tutankhamun in “Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies,” while in NOVA’s “Zero to Infinity,” they will discover how the concepts of zero and infinity revolutionized mathematics.
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American Experience: Taken Hostage
Streaming Date: November 14, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Unfolding like a political thriller, “Taken Hostage” tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. For the next 444 days, the world watched as the United States received a daily barrage of humiliation, vitriol and hatred from a country that had long been a close ally. Told through the candid, personal testimony of those whose lives were upended by the action, the crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever suspend the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
Photo Credit: REUTERS/REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER
FRONTLINE: Putin’s War at Home
Streaming Date: November 1, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Defiant Russians push back against Putin’s crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine. Facing arrest and imprisonment, these are the inside stories of activists and journalists refusing to stay silent and protesting the Kremlin’s war effort.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Soura Films
Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies
Streaming Date: November 23, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Marking the 100th anniversary of the unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb by British archaeologist Howard Carter, this ambitious film is a journey of exploration and discovery. Egyptian co-hosts Yasmin El Shazly and Mahmoud Rashad delve into the mysteries and unanswered questions about the boy king’s life: the religious and cultural revolution started by his father, those advising him as he ascends to the throne at a very young age, and the circumstances around his untimely death.
NOVA: Zero to Infinity
Streaming Date: November 26, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Zero and infinity. These seemingly opposite, obvious and indispensable concepts are relatively recent human inventions. Discover the surprising story of how these key concepts that revolutionized mathematics came to be—not just once, but over and over again, as different cultures invented and re-invented them across thousands of years.
Other titles coming to the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel in November:
Woodpeckers: The Hole Story (Nature) – 11/2
Nazca Desert Mystery (NOVA) – 11/2
Mount Rushmore (American Experience) – 11/8
Crypto Decoded (NOVA) – 11/9
American Ocelot (Nature) – 11/9
Last Days of Pompeii (Secrets of the Dead) – 11/17 Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine – 11/29
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