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American Experience Season 25 Episodes
Season 25 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2012 - 2013
Episode 1
Death and the Civil War
Tue, Sep 18, 2012117 mins
Based 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.
Episode 2
The Abolitionists: Part 1
Tue, Jan 8, 201354 mins
Shared beliefs about slavery bring together Angelina Grimké, the daughter of a Charleston plantation family, who moves north and becomes a public speaker against slavery; Frederick Douglass, a young slave who becomes hopeful when he hears about the abolitionists; William Lloyd Garrison, who founds the newspaper The Liberator, a powerful voice for the movement; Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose first trip to the South changes her life and her writing; and John Brown, who devotes his life to the cause. The abolitionist movement, however, is in disarray and increasing violence raises doubts about the efficacy of its pacifist tactics.
Episode 3
The Abolitionists: Part 2
Tue, Jan 15, 201354 mins
The divide between North and South deepens, touching off a crisis that is about to careen out of control.
Episode 4
The Abolitionists: Part 3
Tue, Jan 22, 201354 mins
The battle between pro-slavery and free-soil contingents rises to fever pitch.
Episode 5
Henry Ford
Tue, Jan 29, 2013115 mins
HENRY FORD paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century. Ford's Model T automobile and his five-dollar-a-day wage ushered in the modern world, earning Ford reverence from millions of Americans. Yet many of the changes he wrought deeply troubled the carmaker. In frustration, he lashed out at enemies, real and imagined.
Episode 6
Silicon Valley
Tue, Feb 5, 201382 mins
SILICON 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.