Focus Forward is an unprecedented series of 30 three-minute stories about innovative people who are reshaping the world through act or invention, directed by the world's most celebrated documentary filmmakers.
Where to Watch Focus Forward • Season 1
10 Episodes
The Landfill
E1
The LandfillTrash becomes energy at a small New York landfill where people are thinking differently about garbage.
Heart Stop Beating
E2
Heart Stop BeatingIn March 2011, two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute successfully replaced a dying man's heart with a 'continuous flow' device, proving that life was possible without a heart beat.
Newtown Creek Digester Eggs: The Art Of Human Waste
E3
Newtown Creek Digester Eggs: The Art Of Human WasteAn unusual marriage of form and function energizes the jaw-droppingly beautiful Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, New York.
Meet Mr. Toilet
E4
Meet Mr. ToiletFor those without access to a simple toilet, poop can be poison. Businessman-turned-sanitation-superhero Jack Sim fights this oft-neglected crisis affecting 2.6 billion people.
Hilary's Straws
E5
Hilary's StrawsA moving portrait of Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic champion sailor whose metal-and-circuit-board navigational tool, invented with friends, led her to conquer the oceans of the world.
Cyborg Foundation
E31
Cyborg FoundationNeil Harbisson was born with achromatopsia, a rare condition that causes complete color blindness. In 2004, Harbisson and Adam Montandon developed the eyeborg, a device that translates colors into sounds.
