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Founded in 1934, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grant making institution based in New York City. Sloan's program in Public Understanding of Science, Technology & Economics supports various media to commission, develop, produce, and distribute new work mainstreaming science and technology to reach a wide, non-specialized audience. Watch award-winning Sloan short films here.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

This two-part, four-hour documentary delves into the world of a 15th-century art titan and unravels their journey while shedding light on their lasting impact on future generations.

    Daniela Forever

    Daniela Forever

    A soulful bereaved man enrolls in a clinical trial for a drug that allows him to reunite with his lost lover through lucid dreams.

      The White House Effect

      The White House Effect

      Explores the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

        Nocturnes

        Nocturnes

        In the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, moths are whispering something to us.

        On the Invention of Species

        On the Invention of Species

        On the cusp of womanhood and grappling with the loss of her brother, Carla finds herself adrift on the historic archipelago that led to Charles Darwin’s breakthrough studies on adaptation.

        Love Me

        Love Me

        Long after humanity’s extinction, a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love.

        Oppenheimer

        Oppenheimer

        The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

          BlackBerry

          BlackBerry

          The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

            Join or Die

            Join or Die

            Centers on America's civic unraveling through the journey of scientist Robert Putnam, whose research on the decline in American community lights a path out of our democracy's present crisis.

              Vishniac

              Vishniac

              Difficult and flamboyant, Roman Vishniac captured iconic images of Jewish life, from the cafes of pre-war Berlin to the shtetls of Eastern Europe. But it would be up to his daughter to preserve his legacy.

                The Pod Generation

                The Pod Generation

                A New York couple's wild ride to parenthood involves a new tool developed by a tech giant, Pegazus.

                  Theatre of Thought

                  Theatre of Thought

                  Werner Herzog shows off his fascination with the human brain in his latest documentary.

                  How to Survive a Pandemic

                  How to Survive a Pandemic

                  Chronicles the global race to research, develop, manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in the most enormous coordinated public health effort ever undertaken.

                    Linoleum

                    Linoleum

                    When the host of a failing children's science show tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality.

                      After Yang

                      After Yang

                      In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.

                        Don't Look Up

                        Don't Look Up

                        Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

                          Son of Monarchs (Hijo de Monarcas)

                          Son of Monarchs (Hijo de Monarcas)

                          A Mexican biologist's return from New York to his hometown near butterfly forests of Michoacán sparks a personal metamorphosis.

                          Father of the Cyborgs

                          Father of the Cyborgs

                          A neurologist known as "the father of cyborgs" confronts the ethical quandaries of self-experimentation and a future where human brains and technology combine.

                          Ammonite

                          Ammonite

                          Acclaimed paleontologist Mary Anning works alone selling common fossils to tourists to support her ailing mother, but a chance job offer changes her life when a visitor hires her to care for his wife.

                          In Silico

                          In Silico

                          Will the Blue Brain Project—a highly publicized billion-euro effort to create a complete digital simulation of the human brain—revolutionize neuroscience or fall victim to hype, criticism, and its own ambitions?

                          Radium Girls

                          Radium Girls

                          When mysterious ailments strike a dial painter at American Radium, a dark truth emerges: She is not the first in the watch factory to fall ill. Her sister's legal fight against the corporation in 1928 launched workplace safety reforms and closer study of the dangers of radioactivity.

                          Adventures of a Mathematician

                          Adventures of a Mathematician

                          Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam helps create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.

                          Picture a Scientist

                          Picture a Scientist

                          Through their personal stories and thoroughly researched data, three scientists discuss the deeply entrenched problems of sexual harassment and gender inequality against women that are no less prevalent in science than they are in pop culture and corporate America.

                          Tesla

                          Tesla

                          Through Promethean struggles, Nikola Tesla attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that will change the world.