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American Experience Season 35 Episodes
Season 35 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2023 - 0
Episode 1
The Lie Detector
Tue, Jan 3, 2023 120 mins
Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern justice.
Episode 2
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space
Tue, Jan 17, 2023 120 mins
Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.
Episode 3
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Mon, Feb 20, 2023 120 mins
A look at the fascinating history behind Monopoly.
Episode 4
The Movement and The "Madman"
Tue, Mar 28, 2023 120 mins
Discover the untold story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement. Told through firsthand accounts, the film reveals how movement leaders mobilized disparate groups to create two massive protests that changed history.
Episode 5
The Sun Queen
Tue, Apr 4, 2023 120 mins
Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.
Episode 6
Casa Susanna
Tue, Jun 27, 2023 120 mins
The house where, in the 1950s and 60s, transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge.
Episode 7
The Busing Battleground
Mon, Sep 11, 2023 120 mins
Revisit 1970s Boston, when court-mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest.
Episode 8
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Tue, Sep 12, 2023 120 mins
Explore what happened when a small Mississippi town integrated its public schools in 1970.
Episode 9
The War on Disco
Mon, Oct 30, 2023 120 mins
The cultural movement that gave rise to disco and the backlash that tried to destroy it are explored.
Episode 10
Nazi Town USA
Tue, Jan 23, 2024 120 mins
Explore the rise of the German American Bund, an organization of American Nazis in the 1930s.
Episode 11
Fly With Me
Tue, Feb 20, 2024 120 mins
Meet the pioneering women flight attendants who transformed the world while flying it.
Episode 12
The Cancer Detectives
Tue, Mar 26, 2024 120 mins
In the 1950's, survival rates from cancer of any kind were low. Damaging surgery and unsophisticated radiotherapy were the main treatments, assuming the disease was detected in time for anything to be done.
Episode 13
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Mon, Apr 22, 2024 120 mins
Highlighting the 70s Love Canal disaster and how the women-led battle for justice sparked the Superfund program.
