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American Experience Season 36 Episodes
Season 36 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Nazi Town, USA
Tue, Jan 23, 202454 mins
The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930's.
Episode 1
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP
Tue, Feb 25, 2025
The story of civil rights hero Walter White - one of the most influential Black men in mid-century America and leader of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955.
Episode 1
Bombshell
Tue, Jan 6, 202683 mins
The film details the efforts of a group of intrepid reporters to let the world know the truth about the bombing of Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII. The program illustrates how the development of atomic weapons was a far different process from that of convention weapons. It also demonstrates and discusses how the two opposing cultures dealt with the after effects of the atomic bombings, many of which presented unique operational and security concerns.
Episode 2
Fly with Me
Tue, Feb 20, 2024112 mins
"Fly With Me" - THEY WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD AND ENDED UP CHANGING IT - "Fly With Me" tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. Becoming a "stewardess," as they were called, offered unheard-of opportunities for travel, glamour, adventure and independence. Although often maligned as feminist sellouts, these women were on the front lines of the battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace. Featuring firsthand accounts, personal stories and a rich archival record, the film tells the lively and important but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.
Episode 3
The Cancer Detectives
Tue, Mar 26, 202453 mins
The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer-which was once the number one cancer killer of women.
Episode 4
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Mon, Apr 22, 2024113 mins
A TOXIC SECRET BENEATH THEIR FEET - "Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal" tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, the film shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
Episode 5
The Riot Report
Tue, May 21, 2024120 mins
A 1967 presidential commission created by President Johnson defied expectations by telling a hard truth, but then the truth was buried by Johnson. When United States Black inner-city neighborhoods in scores of U.S. cities erupted in violence during the violent summer of 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders -- informally known as the Kerner Commission -- to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission's final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations -- a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge the findings publicly, but would not even thank the commissioners for their service. The Riot Report explores this pivotal moment in the nation's history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission's investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.
Episode 6
The American Vice President
Tue, Oct 1, 2024
This installment examines the evolution of the vice-president's role, from a constitutional afterthought by the founding fathers to a position of political significance. The program focuses on the time period between 1963 and 1974, when the United States was forced to define the role of the vice-president and the process of succession. Also discussed is the passage and first use of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This amendment addresses issues related to presidential succession and disability. It also clarifies that the vice-president becomes president if the president dies, resigns or is removed from office by impeachment.
Episode 7
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Tue, Nov 12, 2024111 mins
The little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North Carolina's largest city, Wilmington, in 1898.
