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- StarsTim Pigott-SmithKing HusseinShimon PeresDecision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of tensions, violence and peace efforts from 1948 to 1998.
- DirectorPeter JonesStarsPatrick MalahideRichard Dreyfuss18th century British clock maker and carpenter John Harrison invents a marine chronometer that allows ships to calculate longitude while at sea, preventing numerous shipwrecks, some of them involving the British Navy.
- StarsChristian IngraoChristopher BrowningPaul BandeyTestimony from witnesses, survivors and Nazis themselves reveals the truth about the mass executions carried out by the Third Reich's Einsatzgruppen.
- DirectorJohn ScheinfeldPeter SteenStarsFred ApplegatePaul BahnColin McFarlaneEaster Island has long been the subject of curiosity and speculation. A triangle of volcanic rock in the South Pacific, Easter Island is over 2000 miles away from the nearest population center, making it one of the most isolated spots on Earth. It is best known for the giant stone statues, known as the Moai, that dot the coastline.
- DirectorPeter YostStarsJay O. SandersJohn ClementsFredrik Charpentier LjungqvistThe Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially fearsome were the select few who wielded a formidable weapon: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible sword with its maker's name, ULFBERHT, inlaid along the blade.
- DirectorMuffie MeyerStarsColm FeoreMary BaconSamuel BarnettFrom his humble beginnings as an immigrant, to his infamous death, the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton is explored.
- DirectorSarah ColtStarsOliver PlattHenry FordSteven WattsHENRY FORD paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.
- StarsF. Murray AbrahamAn account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.
- DirectorZvi Dor-NerStarsJoe MortonCarl SpaatzTami Davis BiddleOn September 1, 1939 the first day of World War II in Europe President Franklin D. Roosevelt appealed to the warring nations to under no circumstances undertake the bombardment from the air of civilian populations. Just six years later, British and American Allied forces had carried out a bombing campaign of unprecedented might over Germany s cities, claiming the lives of nearly half a million civilians. The Bombing of Germany examines the defining moments of the offensive that led the U.S. across a moral divide. Weaving together interviews with WWII pilots and historians, and stunning archival footage of the bombing and its aftermath, this AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film is a haunting reminder of the dilemma imposed by war's civilian casualties.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsArtemus CraggCalypso CraggJulian ElferRecounts the founding (1620) and early years of the Plymouth Colony in the 17th century. Includes the real story of the "First Thanksgiving".
- DirectorMichael KloftDave PearceStarsJoe MortonWalter CronkiteHermann GöringThe story of the Nuremberg Trials and Robert Jackson, the chief prosecutor.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanOklahoma City traces the events - including the deadly encounters between American citizens and law enforcement at Ruby Ridge and Waco - that led McVeigh to commit the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history.
- 1987– 53mTV-PG6.6 (128)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael BicksAnna Lee StrachanStarsJames SullivanKimberly JenkinsRabbit GoodyThe history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsJames CromwellKeith DavidJosh HamiltonBased on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a "republic of suffering" and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsHarold BrownAllan ChildersGreg DevlinBased on the critically-acclaimed book by Eric Schlosser, the chilling documentary exposes the truth about the management of America's nuclear arsenal and shows what can happen when the weapons built to protect us threaten to destroy us.
- DirectorMark ZwonitzerStarsGutzon BorglumMichael MurphyFranklin D. RooseveltThe grand vision of sculptor Gutzon Borgum and the logistics behind the massive monument located in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsFrederick AllenJohn W. BowenCarol R. ByerlyFrom PBS and American Experience - On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsShuler HensleyKathryn ErbeWill JanowitzThe life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassination.
- DirectorJohn MaggioStarsMichael MurphyHampton SidesDenise ChávezOn April 28, 1881, just days from being hanged for murder, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the last in a long line of daring escapes.
- 1987– 57mTV-PG7.3 (178)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn MaggioStarsMichael MurphyMichael RutterKen VerdoiaThe historical account of outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, whose turn of the last century exploits made headlines, led them to be pursued by Pinkerton detectives hired by the railroads, and inspired a hit 1969 film.
- DirectorCallie T. WiserStarsSaloma FurlongAnnaNaomi KramerFrom pbs.org What is it like to be cut off from your faith and your family? The Amish: Shunned follows seven people who have chosen to leave their closed and tightly-knit communities for the outside world, knowing they can never return. Each has paid deeply for their decision. Estranged from loved ones, these former Amish find themselves struggling to make their way in modern America.
- DirectorDavid BeltonStarsSteve BallanJanice BallengerDavid FurlongLyrical and meditative, The Amish answers many questions Americans have about this insistently insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to five hundred year-old traditions have by turns captivated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused for more than a century. With unprecedented access to the Amish built on patience and hard-won trust, the film is the first to deeply penetrate and explore this profoundly attention-averse group. In doing so, it paints an extraordinarily intimate portrait of contemporary Amish faith and life. It questions why and how the Amish, an insistently closed and communal culture, have thrived within one of the most open, individualistic societies on earth.
- DirectorMargaret GrossiStarsDaniel James BrownEric CohenTimothy EganThe story of how a team of underdog American rowers became gold medalists in the 1936 Olympics.
- DirectorSarah ColtStarsOliver PlattDavid NasawNell Irvin PainterAs national wealth expands in the U.S. disparities among the nation's population spark debates that continue to rage in modern day America.
- DirectorCathleen O'ConnellStarsCharissa AllenJulian ArahangaEdgar BergenAn account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanJohn MaggioStarsLee Wilkof
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsJoan AllenJordan BridgesChristopher GehrmanA documentary based on the book "War Letters; Extraordinary Correspondence From American Wars" by Andrew Carroll.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsIva BaumanovaChris BowersDaniel BrownIn the early 1900's, the average medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner's treasure chest.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsTim HopperJustin MaderMichael MurphyFrom PBS and American Experience - Using scientific accounts, diaries, photographs and letters, this film reveals how poor planning, personality clashes, questionable decisions and pure bad luck conspired to turn a noble scientific mission into a human tragedy.
- DirectorAustin HoytStarsKippy GoldfarbPeter HayduPaul Horn
- DirectorRandall MacLowryStarsMichael MurphyExploring the Hatfield-McCoy feud through the years 1863-1891, which involved two rural families of the West Virginia-Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsJennifer Lee AndrewsBlythe DannerBrandon J. DirdenAmerican neutrality is eroded by reports of German atrocities and submarine attacks, leading Wilson to proclaim that "the world must be made safe for democracy."
- DirectorAmanda PollakStarsJennifer Lee AndrewsBlythe DannerBrandon J. DirdenAmericas entry into World War 1 is recalled, including the speed of mobilization.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsJennifer Lee AndrewsBlythe DannerBrandon J. DirdenDiscover how the violent and bloody conflict transformed the nation forever, as America steps onto the world stage for the first time. But while many heralded the peace, others worried about democracy at home.
- Following the Civil War, a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tenn., set out to save their bankrupt school by giving concerts. Throughout the North and in venues across Europe, they introduced audiences to the power of spirituals.
- DirectorSusan BellowsStarsOliver PlattBeverly GageSteve FraserThe Wall Street bombing occurred at 12:01 pm on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of Manhattan, NYC. The blast killed 30 people immediately and another eight died later of wounds sustained in the blast.
- DirectorJohn MaggioStarsMichael MurphyJeff GuinnBuddy BarrowBonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow embark on a two-year crime spree during the Great Depression and become known as the most famous criminal couple in U.S. history.
- DirectorRandall MacLowryStarsJill JonnesMichael MurphyThe enormous engineering feat and one of the greatest architectural achievements of its time, Pennsylvania Station was torn down after just 53 years.
- DirectorSusan BellowsStarsOliver PlattCharles CabellJohn F. KennedyJFK's campaign for president is the first to be waged on television, a distinct advantage for the telegenic candidate. Despite his lack of legislative achievements and his Catholicism -- which many Americans see as a negative -- Kennedy wins the election on the promise that he will stand up to the Soviets and protect American preeminence in the world.
- DirectorSusan BellowsStarsOliver PlattThis episode follows Kennedy into the White House, offering fresh assessments of the successes and failures of his tenure. In 1961, the most challenging issue facing the new administration is the spread of communism and continuing Cold War fears. Only a few months into his first term, Kennedy launches the Bay of Pigs invasion, an unmitigated disaster that teaches him a powerful lesson. Nikita Khrushchev proves a stubborn foe, and Kennedy takes a stand against the spread of communism in a country few Americans had ever heard of--Vietnam. On the domestic front, civil rights prove tricky for the administration, as they rely heavily on the support of Southern Democrats. Forced to intervene when Freedom Riders take direct action in Southern states, the administration sends in federal marshals to ensure their safety. Health issues continue to plague the president and pain is a constant companion. Glamorous first lady Jackie captivates the world on her travels, while rumors of the president's womanizing continue in Washington.
- 1987–7.5 (71)TV EpisodeDirectorMarty OstrowStarsHal LindenAs the campaign to force Jews out of Germany ramps up, the American government blocks efforts to help rescue many of these displaced persons, and Americans' antisemitism only seems to get worse.
- DirectorGail DolginVicente FrancoStarsMartine AlgierEdward BeggsThomas J. CahillThousands of young people flock to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in the summer of 1967.
- DirectorSharon GrimbergStarsThomas DohertyJoseph McCarthyThis documentary surveys the rise and fall of the notorious Communist-hunting Republican senator from Wisconsin, who helped spread a climate of suspicion and fear in early 1950s America.
- 1987–7.9 (179)TV EpisodeDirectorBarak GoodmanCelebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the 1969 three-day music and art fair at a farm in New York that marked the end of one of the most turbulent decades in American History.
- DirectorLeola Calzolai-StewartStarsAndre BraugherEdward R. DudleyCarl RowanDiscover how 3 Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the US State Dept. during the Cold War. Asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home, they left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.
- DirectorMichael RossiStarsMichael MurphyEngineers overcome challenges to construct America's first subway system in Boston.
- DirectorCathleen O'ConnellStarsOliver PlattSimon BaatzHal HigdonThe trial of wealthy college students Leopold and Loeb, who murder a 14-year-old boy in 1924, sets off a national firestorm about morality and capital punishment.
- 1987– 1h 30mTV-PG7.6 (108)TV EpisodeDirectorBarak GoodmanStarsWill PattonGuy GaneJason Roberts
- DirectorHelen WhitneyStarsWill BagleyAlex BaughLeslie BergerThe following topics are covered: history of Joseph Smith based almost entirely on 2nd and 3rd person accounts, Haun's Mill massacre, early polygamy, modern polygamy as practiced by excommunicated Mormons, Mountain Meadows massacre with arguments blaming church leadership, the action-less Mormon militia, and the burning of an anti-Mormon press, and delay in giving the priesthood to non-whites until the 1970's. What isn't covered: 1st person accounts by members of the early days of the church, percentages of how many were involved in the topics covered, building of the Nauvoo (the largest city in Illinois) out of a swamp, 1000+ deaths that resulted from building Nauvoo (mostly malaria), the extermination from Kirtland, the extermination from Nauvoo, the 1000's that died on the trek to Salt Lake City as required by the Extermination Order by Gov. Boggs, the ensuing volunteer-staffed Mormon battalion of the US Government and their 2000 mile march, the rape and expulsion of nearly all Mormons and repossession of their property in the mid-west, the influx of 100,000's of Mormons from England where most of the converts originated, the church welfare system that abolished poverty among Mormons during the great depression, and anything about the years from 1900 through 1970 or from 1980 to present.
- DirectorAmanda PollakStarsRobert ChilesMarion DaviesWilliam Randolph Hearst IIIWilliam Randolph Hearst builds the nation's largest media empire by the 1930s. Born into one of America's wealthiest families, he used his outlets to achieve unprecedented political power, then ran for office himself.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsMarion DaviesLara GabrielleWilliam Randolph Hearst IIIWilliam Hearst continued his rise to power and expansion into Hollywood. The model for Citizen Kane, he had a decades-long affair with actress Marion Davies, built an enormous castle at San Simeon, and forever transformed modern media.
- DirectorRiva FreifeldStarsLaura LinneyMarilyn SpanierBob AderThis one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wild West performer, Annie Oakley from her birth in mid nineteenth century rural Pennsylvania to her death in 1926. Many myths are overturned and the program also features a little known trial when Annie Oakley had to sue The Hearst Newspaper chain all throughout the country for libel when they reported the activities of someone who was impersonating the famed sharpshooter and besmirching her reputation.
- DirectorJamila WignotStarsMichael MurphyAnnelise OrleckRichard A. GreenwaldThe 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York's Greenwich Village resulted in legislation ensuring the most comprehensive workplace safety laws in the U.S.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsBill ClintonHillary ClintonCampbell ScottHour 1 follows their bumpy road to the 1992 presidential victory, an amazing triumph over repeated scandals and setbacks. Although they have won the presidency, the Clintons have not yet won the country. In their moment of triumph, the first couple has no way of imagining the turmoil that lies ahead.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsBill ClintonHillary ClintonCampbell ScottClinton wins the 1996 election in a landslide, pulling off one of the greatest turnarounds in political history. But events have been set in motion that will soon divide the country and nearly destroy Clinton's presidency.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsColleen F. CawstonBlaine HardenSteven HawleyWhen Grand Coulee Dam was being built during the depths of the Great Depression, everything about it--generators, powerhouses, pumps--was the biggest in the world. Grand Coulee was more than a dam; it was a proclamation: America could still do great things. The mile-long behemoth was the largest hydroelectric power-producing facility in the world when it was completed in March 1941--just in time to power the nation's defense plants and the atomic reactors for the Manhattan Project.
- StarsLeslie BerlinRoger BorovoyKathleen CohenSILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsOliver PlattJeanine SerrallesIngrid AlliThe battle between pro-slavery and free-soil contingents rises to fever pitch.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsOliver PlattJeanine SerrallesIngrid AlliThe divide between North and South deepens, touching off a crisis that is about to careen out of control.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsOliver PlattT. Ryder SmithCarol BerkinThe stories of the major figures of the pre-American Civil War political movement to eliminate slavery.
- DirectorRobert StoneTim ToidzeThe 1959 tour of the U.S. by the Soviet Premier Khrushchev.
- DirectorCathleen O'ConnellStarsOliver PlattRobert J. ThompsonRobert Ripley - an odd everyman whose uncommon interests in oddities and odd facts catapulted him unexpectedly into public renown and lasting fame.
- DirectorMuffie MeyerStarsCatherine AllgorCarl Sferrazza AnthonyJim BarbourDolley Madison lived through the two wars that established the U.S., was friends with the first 12 Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsAubrey DanielFred WidmerLawrence La CroixAmerican Experience investigates the My Lai massacre an atrocity during the Vietnam War that killed more than 300 unarmed civilians.
- DirectorCharlotte ZwerinStarsTresa HughesVictor ReutherThe story of Walter Reuther and the struggle to unionize the automobile workers of the US in the 1930s.
- StarsJane AlcornHarold ClarkPeter FisherMeet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century.
- DirectorLaurie KahnStarsKathy BatesWill Le BowKaren MacDonaldThis is about the origins of Tupperware in Massachusetts.
- DirectorMark SamelsStarsJohn NashLiev SchreiberFelix Browder
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsRobert BrusteinZoe CaldwellArthur GelbThe life and career of American playwright Eugene O'Neill.
- DirectorRandall MacLowryStarsJuan BallezaBruce CumingsSam FolsomThe Battle of Chosin Reservoir, a crucial battle in the Korean War.
- DirectorElizabeth DeaneStarsDavid Ogden StiersThe controversial rise of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil multinational, the largest and most powerful company in the world at the time.
- DirectorAdriana BoschStarsDavid Ogden StiersFaced with growing public odium and frequent lawsuits, the Rockefeller family is forced to change with the times as John D. Rockefeller's son and his descendants seek to rebrand the family name by focusing on philanthropy and politics.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsRonald ReaganDorothy MalonePreston FosterFrame Johnson already cleaned up Tombstone and hopes to settle down near Cottonwood. But a marshal's work is never done...
- 1985– 1h 25mTV-147.8 (377)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert TrachtenbergStarsStanley TucciFred AstaireJeanine BasingerA documentary on Gene Kelly.
- StarsPeter CoyoteDaniel MendelsohnPeter HayesExplores America's response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy.
- DirectorChana GazitStarsMatthew ModineLiev SchreiberIn 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains--the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, western Kansas, and the eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico. Topsoil that had taken a thousand years per inch to build suddenly blew away in only minutes. One journalist traveling through the devastated region dubbed it the "Dust Bowl." This American Experience film presents the remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease--even death--for nearly a decade. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the Dust Bowlers who stayed overcame an almost unbelievable series of calamities and disasters.