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American Experience
Death and the Civil War
Mon, Sep 17, 2012
  • S25.E1
  • Death and the Civil War
Based on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a "republic of suffering" and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
8.1 /10
The Abolitionists: Part 2
Mon, Jan 14, 2013
  • S25.E3
  • The Abolitionists: Part 2
The divide between North and South deepens, touching off a crisis that is about to careen out of control.
7.9 /10
The Abolitionists: Part 1
Mon, Jan 07, 2013
  • S25.E2
  • The Abolitionists: Part 1
The stories of the major figures of the pre-American Civil War political movement to eliminate slavery.
7.9 /10
Death and the Civil War

S25.E1 ∙ Death and the Civil War

Mon, Sep 17, 2012
Based on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a "republic of suffering" and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
8.1 /10
Henry Ford

S25.E5 ∙ Henry Ford

Mon, Jan 28, 2013
HENRY FORD paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.
7.7 /10
Silicon Valley

S25.E6 ∙ Silicon Valley

Mon, Feb 04, 2013
SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley.
7.8 /10
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The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story offers an alternative history of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale.

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Why We Fight

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

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They Shall Not Grow Old

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

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Last Days in Vietnam

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Shoah

Shoah

Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.

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