NOVA 29
2001-10-02 | Documentary | 17 episodes52 Seasons
Episode
Search for a Safe Cigarette (2001)
The program chronicles the tobacco industry's decades long effort to create a "safer" cigarette.
Directed By
- Carl Charlson
Writer
- Carl Charlson
18 Ways to Make a Baby (2001)
The program investigates the brave new world of assisted reproduction.
Directed By
- Peter Williams
Writer
- Sarah Holt
Secrets of the Mind (2001)
This NOVA program delves into the mind-tingling efforts of neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran to discover how the brain works.
Directed By
- Christopher Rawlence
Writer
- Christopher Rawlence
Sex: Unknown (2001)
The film investigates the complicated world of gender identity.
Directed By
- Andrew Cohen
Russia's Nuclear Warriors (2001)
NOVA takes an intimate look at the men who are in control of Russia's nuclear missiles, standing just a heartbeat from the top Russian politicians and Armageddon. Hosted by Vladimir Pozner, Russia's top television journalist, this startling film shows that despite low pay and the tedious existence that these soldiers and their families live with, these men are motivated by a strong sense of patriotic duty and responsibility for the ultimate powers of destruction at their fingertips, in a job that requires complete perfection.
Directed By
- Leslie Woodhead
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