American Experience Films Movies
- 2017
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City6.92017HD
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. This...
- 2005
Building the Alaska Highway
Building the Alaska Highway02005HD
In May of 1942, across the rugged sub-Arctic wilderness of Alaska and Canada, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most...
- 2018
The Circus
The Circus62018HD
Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, this four-hour mini-series follows the...
- 2023
The Riot Report
The Riot Report8.52023HD
In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to investigate why Black neighborhoods all over the country were...
- 2023
The Busing Battleground
The Busing Battleground02023HD
The Busing Battleground pulls back the curtain on the volatile effort to end school segregation, detailing the decades-long struggle for educational...
- 2005
The Massie Affair
The Massie Affair62005HD
In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against...
- 2022
Casa Susanna
Casa Susanna7.92022HD
In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first...
- 2021
Voice of Freedom
Voice of Freedom02021HD
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument...
- 2010
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders7.62010HD
This is the story of more than four hundred Americans who participated in a bold and dangerous experiment designed to awaken the conscience of a...
- 2024
Nazi Town, USA
Nazi Town, USA8.72024HD
In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George...
- 2024
The Cancer Detectives
The Cancer Detectives82024HD
The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of...
- 2023
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools82023HD
In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland,...
- 2024
Fly With Me
Fly With Me72024HD
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...
- 2024
The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought
The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought02024HD
The American Vice President explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional...
- 2020
Mr. Tornado
Mr. Tornado72020HD
Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita spent ten months studying The Super Outbreak of 1974, which was the most intense tornado outbreak on...
- 2022
Taken Hostage
Taken Hostage8.52022HD
Unfolding like a political thriller, Taken Hostage tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were...
- 2024
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal82024HD
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the...
- 2023
The War on Disco
The War on Disco6.52023HD
The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs,...
- 1998
Influenza 1918
Influenza 19186.51998HD
Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was over, the flu would kill more than 600,000...