The BEST episodes of National Geographic Documentaries season 2017
Every episode of National Geographic Documentaries season 2017, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of National Geographic Documentaries season 2017!
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#1 - From the Ashes
Season 2017 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/25/2017
From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be under the Trump Administration. From Appalachia to the West's Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the "war on coal" to present compelling and often heartbreaking stories about what's at stake for our economy, health, and climate. The film invites audiences to learn more about an industry on the edge and what it means for their lives.
#2 - Gender Revolution: A Journey With Katie Couric
Season 2017 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2017
Katie Couric travels across the U.S. to talk with scientists, psychologists, activists, authors and families about the complex issue of gender.
#3 - Human Family Tree: Branching Out
Season 2017 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2017
Using data from the Genographic Project to examine the migration of man across the planet.
#4 - UFO UK New Evidence
Season 2017 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2017
The revelations of the Ministry of Defence's UFO files, including the `Welsh Roswell', an alleged alien craft crash from which the authorities supposedly removed extraterrestrial bodies. Other documents include a letter claiming that Churchill ordered a cover-up of a wartime clash between a UFO and an RAF bomber, and the story of a 1964 Blue Streak missile test film believed to show an unidentified spaceman
#5 - Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
Season 2017 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/11/2017
A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world. This episode is rated TV-MA for some disturbing violent images.
#6 - Earth Live
Season 2017 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/9/2017
Jane Lynch and Phil Keoghan take viewers on a journey around the world, focusing on some of the most spectacular wildlife.
#7 - Cradle to Grave
Season 2017 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2017
Harnessing the magic of the most modern visual effects, we tell the story of the human body—inside and out—as it lives, grows, and dies on this predestined journey we call life. Through our subject, “Adam,” we reveal the incredible changes and forces that take all humankind from cradle to grave.
#8 - LA 92
Season 2017 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/21/2017
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage. Produced by two-time Oscar winner Simon Chinn and Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn and directed by Oscar winners Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, the film looks at the events of 1992 from a multitude of vantage points, bringing a fresh perspective to a pivotal moment that reverberates to this day.
#9 - Inside North Korea: Then and Now
Season 2017 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/1/2017
Lisa Ling goes undercover in North Korea for a rare glimpse of the secretive country, and reports on dictator Kim Jong-un creating international crises.
#10 - Drain Alcatraz
Season 2017 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/2017
Draining the waters around Alcatraz reveals the infamous prison’s deepest secrets.
#11 - Mission Saturn
Season 2017 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/2017
NASA's biggest spacecraft plunges into Saturn in the final act of a 20-year mission showcasing the planet like never before.
#12 - Titanic: 20 Years Later
Season 2017 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/26/2017
James Cameron looks back at his Oscar-winning film 20 years later to determine how accurate it was based on new evidence collected since then.
#13 - Jane
Season 2017 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/20/2017
Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.
#14 - World's Greatest Concert Hall
Season 2017 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/19/2017
On top of an old warehouse in Hamburg, the architects of Beijings Birds Nest Stadium are building a dramatic new concert hall. It’s hoped the stunning design will make Hamburg famous throughout the world. But to attract the world’s best musicians, the concert hall must sound perfect, and getting the acoustics right is notoriously difficult. To add to the pressure, the building is years behind schedule, and millions of Euros over budget.
#15 - Atlantis Rising
Season 2017 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/29/2017
Executive Produced by James Cameron, "Atlantis Rising" is a detective thriller that seeks out, uncovers and explores artefacts such as archaeological finds, satellite photographs and manuscripts hiding in plain sight and underwater. The one off special attempts to "decode" the artefacts in order to further the investigation and get to the bottom of the story