American Experience

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This much-honored PBS documentary series explores American history, one topic or person at a time. Its Peabody Award winners include profiles of FDR and Malcolm X, and such diverse topics as Nixon's 1972 trip to China, the controversy surrounding...read more
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This much-honored PBS documentary series explores American history, one topic or person at a time. Its Peabody Award winners include profiles of FDR and Malcolm X, and such diverse topics as Nixon's 1972 trip to China, the controversy surrounding `Citizen Kane' when it was released, and the Battle of the Bulge. In addition, its Scottsboro Boys film won an Emmy, and seven entries (including the Scottsboro and Kane films) earned Oscar nominations.

Original Release

10/04/1988 on PBS

US Release

10/04/1988

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Cast

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# Title Air Date
1 Sandra Day O'Connor: The First Monday, 13 September 2021
2 Citizen Hearst: Part 1 Monday, 27 September 2021
3 Citizen Hearst (Part 2) Tuesday, 28 September 2021
4 Riveted: The History of Jeans Monday, 07 February 2022
5 The American Diplomat Tuesday, 15 February 2022
6 Flood in the Desert Tuesday, 03 May 2022
7 Plague at the Golden Gate Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Directors

David Grubin, Stephen Ives, Barak Goodman, Rob Rapley, Ric Burns, Austin Hoyt, Adriana Bosch, Chana Gazit, John Maggio, Sarah Colt, Robert Stone, Randall MacLowry, Michelle Ferrari, Mark Zwonitzer, James A. DeVinney, Elizabeth Deane, Robert Kenner, Stanley Nelson, David Espar, Susan Bellows, Ben Loeterman, Patricia Garcia Rios, Amanda Pollak, Marilyn Mellowes, Paul Stekler, Rocky Collins, Mark Davis, Peter Jones, Thomas Ott, Michael Chin, Carl Byker, Irv Drasnin, Christine Lesiak, Lisa Ades, David Steward, Jamila Ephron, Chris Eyre, Thomas Lennon, Orlando Bagwell, Cathleen O'Connell, Callie T. Wiser, Nancy Porter, Li-Shin Yu, Terry Kay Rockefeller, Edward Gray, Louis J. Massiah, Daniel McCabe, Vicente Franco, Gail Dolgin, Neil Goodwin, Mitch Wilson, Dave Pearce, Madison D. Lacy, Llewellyn M. Smith, Phillip Whitehead, Linda Garmon, Sheila Curran Bernard, Helen Whitney, Mel Bucklin, Joseph Tovares, Michael Epstein, Muffie Meyer, Sue Williams, Kathy Conkwright, Aysyuak Yumagulov, Axel Engstfeld, Kevin Kertscher, Dustinn Craig, David Hoffman, Robert Tranchin, Tim Toidze, Patchy Wheatley, Craig B. Fisher, Pat Ferrero, Frank J. De Meo, Martha Sandlin, Margaret Grossi, Janet Graham, Peter Miller, Michael Rossi, Peter Adler, Tom Johnson, Ricki Green, David Sutherland, John Crowley, Mark Anderson, Bernardo Ruiz, Sarah Holt, William Greaves, Karen Goodman, John Rubin, David Dugan, Lawrence R. Hott, Terry Sanders, Jon Blair, Margaret Drain, Lutz Hachmeister, Charlotte Zwerin, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Stephen Stept, Connie Field, Noland Walker, Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell, Hector Galan, Michael Bicks, Kirk Simon, Lise Yasui, Michael Simkin, Helaine Head, Laurel Ladevich, Jeanne Jordan, Marilyn Mulford, Eric Stange, Michael R. Lawrence, Michael Kloft, Laurens Grant, Rory Kennedy, Daniel Anker, Robert Drew, Freida Lee Mock, Bill Duke, Bill Guttentag, Kate Davis, Dan Sturman, Andrea Kalin, Bestor Cram, Charles Guggenheim, Steven Ascher, Jamila Wignot, Sharon Grimberg, Mark Samels, David Belton, Laurie Kahn, Richard P. Rogers, Mark Bussler, David Heilbroner, George T. Nierenberg, Carlos Sandoval, Arthur Dong, John W. Walter, Tracy Heather Strain, Pearl Bowser, Annie Mumgaard, Riva Freifeld, Anthony Potter, Jacqueline Shearer, Kenneth Levis, Tom Weidlinger, Sam Pollard, Ilan Ziv, Tom Spain, M Pink Christofalo, Robert Levi, Alexander Berkel, Stefan Mausbach, Marian Marzynski, Caroline Toth, Hilary Klotz Steinman, Anna Lee Strachan, Lance Bird, Ann Tegnell, Marty Ostrow, Zvi Dor-Ner

Writers

Mark Zwonitzer, Michelle Ferrari, David Grubin, Geoffrey C. Ward, Austin Hoyt, Rob Rapley, Barak Goodman, Ric Burns, Chana Gazit, Elizabeth Deane, Emma Lazarus, Adriana Bosch, Rocky Collins, Steve Fayer, Stephen Ives, James A. DeVinney, Randall MacLowry, Sarah Colt, David Espar, Christine Lesiak, Sharon Grimberg, Ronald Blumer, Ken Chowder, Robert Stone, Paul Stekler, Dave Pearce, Marcia Smith, Ben Loeterman, Mark Davis, John Maggio, Thomas Lennon, Martin Smith, Thomas Ott, Irv Drasnin, Carl Byker, Paul Taylor, Tom Jennings, Nancy Porter, Edward Gray, Marilyn Mellowes, Tom Weidlinger, Dan T. Carter, Gene Tempest, Sheila Rothman, Michael Beschloss, Orlando Bagwell, John Mora, Jacqueline Shearer, Lonon F. Smith, Henry Hampton, Terry Kay Rockefeller, Stephen Fitzmeyer, M.R. Rzeznik, Paul Taylor, David Mrazek, Louis J. Massiah, Noland Walker, Ricki Green, Chris Durrance, Daniel McCabe, Phillip Whitehead, Llewellyn M. Smith, Madison D. Lacy, Robert McDonnell, Linda Garmon, Sheila Curran Bernard, Richard Ben Cramer, Callie T. Wiser, Helen Whitney, Jane Barnes, Douglas Cox, David Axelrod, Charles Guggenheim, Robert Kenner, Patricia Garcia Rios, Michael Epstein, Stanley Nelson, Sue Williams, Laurie Kahn, Lou Potter, Kathy Conkwright, Raymond Arsenault, Bertrand M. Patenaude, Matthew Avery Sutton, Axel Engstfeld, Kevin Kertscher, Dustinn Craig, Don Kleszy, Robin Marantz Henig, Vidura Rajapaksa, William A. Owens, Robert Tranchin, Richard Kluger, Candice Millard, Timothy Egan, Helen Ashton, Craig B. Fisher, Beth Ferris, Martha Sandlin, Doug Most, Brian Pearle, Aaron R. Cohen, Andrew Pearson, Michael J. Moore, Michael Rossi, Peter Adler, Lorraine Dong, Bernardo Ruiz, Mark Bailey, David Sutherland, John Crowley, Elizabeth Dean, Andrew Ward, James Sanders, Peter Cook, William Martin, Walt Whitman, Kim Roberts, John McGreevey, William Greaves, Michael Chandler, Judith Vecchione, Karen Goodman, Simon Schama, Richard Snow, John Rubin, David Dugan, David Murdock, Terry Sanders, Eric Sevareid, Jon Blair, Lutz Hachmeister, Pierre Berton, David Carter, Stephen Stept, David C. Taylor, Connie Field, Drew Gilpin Faust, Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell, Michael Bicks, A. Brad Schwartz, Cathleen O'Connell, Kirk Simon, Paul Espinosa, Laurel Ladevich, Allen Rucker, Eric Stange, Jeanne Jordan, Marilyn Mulford, Eric Schlosser, Michael Kloft, Vicente Franco, Gail Dolgin, Freida Lee Mock, Julian Krainin, Mark Obenhaus, Andrea Kalin, Steven Ascher, Susan Bellows, Mark Samels, David Belton, Judy Crichton, Keven McAlester, David Heilbroner, Carlos Sandoval, Arthur Dong, Elena Mannes, John W. Walter, Joseph Tovares, Steve Bagwell, Marian Marzynski, Alexander Berkel, Mary Makley, Andrew Carroll, Melissa Banta, John M. Barry, Bruce Palling, Laurel Ulrich, Ian Bodenham, Mel Bucklin, Vivian Ducat, Christine Zurbach, Randy MacLowry, Ken Emerson, Avon Kirkland, David Mzarek, Amanda Pollak, David Margolick, David Maraniss, Susan Steinberg, Eudora Welty, Clyde Taylor, Arthur Gelb, Susan Kim, Sam Pollard, Ilan Ziv, Tom Spain, Robert Levi, Barbara Gelb, Stefan Mausbach, Anna Lee Strachan, Bill Lattanzi, Kay Boyle, Marty Ostrow, Zvi Dor-Ner, Jill Jonnes, Richard Ellison, Neil Goodwin

Cast

Producers

Editors

Glenn Fukushima, Jon Neuburger, David Espar, Bruce Shaw, Don Kleszy, Geof Bartz, George O'Donnell, Mark Dugas, Bill Lattanzi, Howard Sharp, Sarah Holt, Li-Shin Yu, Deborah Peretz, James Rutenbeck, Aljernon Tunsil, Thomas Haneke, Randall MacLowry, Peter Rhodes, Daniel McCabe, Seth Bomse, Charles Scott, Nancy Novack, George Kachadorian, Sari Gilman, Bernice Schneider, Lewis Erskine, David Steward, Ken Eluto, R.A. Fedde, Joseph Tovares, Lillian Benson, Chad Ervin, Susan Fanshel, Robert Stone, Richard Hankin, John Chimples, David Hanser, Betty Ciccarelli, Ilya Chaiken, Llewellyn M. Smith, Alexandru Moscu, William A. Anderson, Peter Odabashian, Jeanne Jordan, Kim Roberts, Jean Tsien, Aaron Vega, Michael Chandler, Catherine Shields, Michael Levine, Kate Amend, Ed Barteski, Kate Johnson, Sharon Sachs, Adriana Bosch, Jean-Philippe Boucicaut, Adam Zucker, Thomas Ott, Toby Shimin, Richard Smigielski, Leonard Feinstein, Eric Neudel, John Maggio, Niharika Desai, Penny Elliott Hays, Brian Funck, Eric Handley, Larry Ross, Carol Hayward, George Waite, Alison Ellwood, John W. Walter, Ted Winterburn, Eric Seuel Davies, Jeffrey Doe, Monica Glaysher, Richard Bartlett, Bernahard Sehne, Mark Brownstone, Daniel Eisenberg, Michael Colonna, A.C. Warden, Robert Marshall, Robert James Broadhurst, Jim Ohn, Mavis Lyons Smull, Donna Marino, Nina Schulman, Sandrine Isambert, Omry Maoz, Josef van Ooyen, Merril Stern, Chris Guido, Ralph Hamrick, Barbara Burst, Juliana Parroni, Mark Pedante, Victoria Price, Glen Cardno, Eric Gulliver, Steven J. Golliday, Gary Princz, John J. Martin, Charles Byers, Bruce Johnson, Bill Anderson, Paul Cleary, Sabrina Zanella-Foresi, Linda Spain, Jawad Metni, Tim Toidze, Penny Hays, Victor Livingston, Doug Quade, Hannah Vanderlan, Kris Liem, Walt Louie, Rachel Clark, Ben Hilton, M. Watanabe Milmore, Stephanie Munroe, Kathleen Korth, Cherry Enoki, Jennifer Chinlund, Paul Shepard, Stosh Jarecki, Guido Krajewski, Monika Finneisen, Ruth Schell, Joseph Wiedenmayer, Karen Schmeer, Amy Foote, Günther van Endert, Susan Korda, Chyld King, Yaffa Lerea, Jonathan Morris, Paul Barnes, Peter R. Livingston Jr., Lucy Massie Phenix, Charlotte Zwerin, Julian Ware, Kate Taverna, Lawrence Lerew, Carrie Lozano, Nancy Kennedy, Juliet Weber, Michael R. Lawrence, Diane Garey, Kate Davis, Susan Bellows, Mark Bussler, Joshua Waletzky, Mary Makley, Syndi Pilar, Dan Flaherty, Andrew Fredericks, Greg Byers, Ann Tegnell, Jay Keuper

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