American Experience

Wild America is a documentary television series that focuses on the wild animals and wild lands of North America. By the mid-1970s, Marty Stouffer had put together several full length documentaries. At this time, he approached the programming managers at Public Broadcasting Service about a half-hour-long wildlife show, the first to focus exclusively upon the flora and fauna of North America. PBS signed for the rights to broadcast Marty Stouffer's show Wild America in 1982. The show went on to become one of the most popular aired by PBS, renowned for its unflinching portrayal of nature, as well as its extensive use of film techniques such as slow motion and close-ups. Stouffer earned $135,000 per show from PBS.The show's production ran from 1982 to 1994. The series is no longer on PBS; reruns still air in syndication on commercial television through much of the United States. In 1997, Warner Brothers released a full-length feature film entitled Wild America, which was based loosely on the biographical story of Marty Stouffer and his brothers, Mark and Marshall.

Explore the world created by America's First Peoples. This four part series reaches back 15,000 years to reveal massive cities aligned to the stars, unique systems of science and spirituality, and 100 million people connected by social networks spanning two continents.

Documenting the lives the most pivotal voices of the 20th century

This 1994 documentary by Ken Burns follows Baseball's saga, spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime.

A four-part exploration of immigration follows immigrants as they come to the U.S. in search of economic opportunity, and artistic and religious freedom. Also: a look at women facing gender-based oppression in their homelands. Executive producer David Grubin's credits include profiles of Lyndon Johnson, Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Abraham and Mary Lincoln and Napoleon for PBS.

Created by Henry Hampton, the guiding force behind the classic PBS documentary miniseries Eyes on the Prize, This Far by Faith traces the religious history of African-Americans from 1526 (the first year that Africans were introduced to Christianity) to the 21st century. The project demonstrated how men and women of color have been forced -- arguably more so than any other ethnic group in the U.S. to rise above their circumstances to flourish and prevail, guided by their unshakeable faith in a divine power (either one borne of their own African religions or one instilled in them by white society). Episode titles include "There is a River," "God Is a Negro," "Guide My Feet," "Freedom Faith," Inheritors of the Faith," and "Rise up and Call Their Names." A production of Civil Rights Projects Inc., This Far by Faith began its PBS run on June 24, 2003, concurrent with the publication of a tie-in book with the same title.