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8 Episodes 2025 - 2025
Episode 1
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
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
Tue, Mar 25, 202553 mins
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. While curb cuts, ramps at building entrances, and braille on elevator buttons seem commonplace today, they were once the subject of a pitched battle that landed on the steps of Congress. Told through the voices of key participants and witnesses, the film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal and change the lives of all Americans. A story of courage and perseverance, the film brings to life one of the great civil rights movements in American history, where ordinary people made their voices heard and Congress responded. A testament to the power of coalition building and bipartisan compromise, the passage of the ADA is a shining example of democracy in action.
Episode 3
Mon, May 19, 2025
Mr. Polaroid - Everything changed in a instant. Long before the iPhone, another inventive device allowed everyone to instantly chronicle their lives - the Polaroid camera. The product, and the company's unique culture, would launch not only instant photography mania but also become the model for today's Silicon Valley tech culture. It all began with the Polaroid Model 95, first offered for sale in the fall of 1948. Its revolutionary power to allow the photographer to see the picture, right then and there, would first change the country, and then the world. Mr. Polaroid tells the little-known story of the man behind the camera, a Harvard dropout named Edwin Land. Over a half century ago, before the smartphone, Land was dreaming up "a camera that you would use as often as your pencil or your eyeglasses." He would also come to believe his company was "on its way to lead the world - perhaps even to save it." Hubris, technology, brilliance, and a billion photographs a year are all part of the rollicking Polaroid story.
Episode 4
Mon, Aug 25, 202553 mins
During World War Two, pollution in Las Angeles turned so severe that residents feared it was a Japanese attack. Scientists discovered it was a far more sinister plot: we had unwittingly attacked ourselves with pollution.
Episode 5
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
On May 8, 1970, "the Hard Hat Riot" erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War.
Episode 5
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
On May 8, 1970, construction workers in NYC violently clashed with students protesting the Vietnam War, signaling the emergence of a new kind of class divide.
Episode 6
Tue, Oct 14, 202583 mins
Kissinger is the story of the enigmatic power-broker who served in the topmost echelons of U.S. diplomacy. Celebrated or reviled, his contradictions reflect those central to late 20th century U.S. foreign policy.
Episode 7
Wed, Oct 22, 202583 mins
Discover how Henry Kissinger's anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, China, Chile, and the Soviet Union in the second half of the 20th century, through the voices of historians and colleagues.