Butterfly Effect
How was the present day shaped? This documentary explores the concept that our modern world was decided by a series of tiny events.
Directed byPierre LergenmullerBenjamin Barbelet
Season 1
S01:E01 - Alexander Becomes Great
An exploration into what would be different today if Alexander had not died at the age of 32.
S01:E02 - A Little Trip to the Moon
Speculating how things might be different if there had not been a Cold War and a space race.
S01:E03 - A Bus for Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr.'s role in motivating change during the Civil Rights movement.
S01:E04 - Bouvines: France in Peril
Questioning outcome if Richard the Lionheart had not been wounded, or if Philippe of France fled.
S01:E05 - Einstein and the Manhattan Project
Possible outcomes if Confucius had been as opportunistic and corrupt as other officials.
S01:E06 - Confucius and Chinese Thought
The impact the events of his childhood had on shaping the man who would become Genghis Khan.
S01:E07 - Andrianople: Rome Against the Barbarians
Scientific conversation had Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" never been published.
S01:E08 - The Internet, the Origins of the Web
A handful of individuals determined the course of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
S01:E09 - Genghis Khan, the Empire of the Steppes
Japan's internal politics and response to external influences can be traced back to the Edo Period.
S01:E10 - Darwin Discovering the World
Einstein's influence changed the face of war and the world when he chose to write to the President.
S01:E11 - Chernobyl, a Reactor Out of Control
The impact of the death of the Roman Emperor of the Western Empire.
S01:E12 - Rock, Freedom and Decibels
The possible outcome if the source codes for the Internet had remained with the U.S. military.
S01:E13 - Sekigahara, the Battle of the Samurai
Examining whether rock and roll would have evolved differently without the impact of Elvis Presley.
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