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- StarsTim Pigott-SmithKing HusseinShimon PeresDecision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict. Charts the evolution of tensions, violence and peace efforts from 1948 to 1998.
- DirectorPeter JonesStarsPatrick MalahideRichard Dreyfuss18th century British clock maker and carpenter John Harrison invents a marine chronometer that allows ships to calculate longitude while at sea, preventing numerous shipwrecks, some of them involving the British Navy.
- StarsChristian IngraoChristopher BrowningPaul BandeyTestimony from witnesses, survivors and Nazis themselves reveals the truth about the mass executions carried out by the Third Reich's Einsatzgruppen.
- DirectorJohn ScheinfeldPeter SteenStarsFred ApplegatePaul BahnColin McFarlaneEaster Island has long been the subject of curiosity and speculation. A triangle of volcanic rock in the South Pacific, Easter Island is over 2000 miles away from the nearest population center, making it one of the most isolated spots on Earth. It is best known for the giant stone statues, known as the Moai, that dot the coastline.
- DirectorPeter YostStarsJay O. SandersJohn ClementsFredrik Charpentier LjungqvistThe Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially fearsome were the select few who wielded a formidable weapon: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible sword with its maker's name, ULFBERHT, inlaid along the blade.
- DirectorMuffie MeyerStarsColm FeoreMary BaconSamuel BarnettFrom his humble beginnings as an immigrant, to his infamous death, the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton is explored.
- DirectorSarah ColtStarsOliver PlattHenry FordSteven WattsHENRY FORD paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.
- StarsF. Murray AbrahamAn account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.
- DirectorZvi Dor-NerStarsJoe MortonCarl SpaatzTami Davis BiddleOn September 1, 1939 the first day of World War II in Europe President Franklin D. Roosevelt appealed to the warring nations to under no circumstances undertake the bombardment from the air of civilian populations. Just six years later, British and American Allied forces had carried out a bombing campaign of unprecedented might over Germany s cities, claiming the lives of nearly half a million civilians. The Bombing of Germany examines the defining moments of the offensive that led the U.S. across a moral divide. Weaving together interviews with WWII pilots and historians, and stunning archival footage of the bombing and its aftermath, this AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film is a haunting reminder of the dilemma imposed by war's civilian casualties.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsArtemus CraggCalypso CraggJulian ElferRecounts the founding (1620) and early years of the Plymouth Colony in the 17th century. Includes the real story of the "First Thanksgiving".
- DirectorMichael KloftDave PearceStarsJoe MortonWalter CronkiteHermann GöringThe story of the Nuremberg Trials and Robert Jackson, the chief prosecutor.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanOklahoma City traces the events - including the deadly encounters between American citizens and law enforcement at Ruby Ridge and Waco - that led McVeigh to commit the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history.
- 1987– 53mTV-PG6.6 (128)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael BicksAnna Lee StrachanStarsJames SullivanKimberly JenkinsRabbit GoodyThe history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsJames CromwellKeith DavidJosh HamiltonBased 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.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsHarold BrownAllan ChildersGreg DevlinBased on the critically-acclaimed book by Eric Schlosser, the chilling documentary exposes the truth about the management of America's nuclear arsenal and shows what can happen when the weapons built to protect us threaten to destroy us.
- DirectorMark ZwonitzerStarsGutzon BorglumMichael MurphyFranklin D. RooseveltThe grand vision of sculptor Gutzon Borgum and the logistics behind the massive monument located in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsFrederick AllenJohn W. BowenCarol R. ByerlyFrom PBS and American Experience - On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsShuler HensleyKathryn ErbeWill JanowitzThe life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassination.
- DirectorJohn MaggioStarsMichael MurphyHampton SidesDenise ChávezOn April 28, 1881, just days from being hanged for murder, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the last in a long line of daring escapes.
- 1987– 57mTV-PG7.3 (178)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn MaggioStarsMichael MurphyMichael RutterKen VerdoiaThe historical account of outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, whose turn of the last century exploits made headlines, led them to be pursued by Pinkerton detectives hired by the railroads, and inspired a hit 1969 film.
- DirectorCallie T. WiserStarsSaloma FurlongAnnaNaomi KramerFrom pbs.org What is it like to be cut off from your faith and your family? The Amish: Shunned follows seven people who have chosen to leave their closed and tightly-knit communities for the outside world, knowing they can never return. Each has paid deeply for their decision. Estranged from loved ones, these former Amish find themselves struggling to make their way in modern America.
- DirectorDavid BeltonStarsSteve BallanJanice BallengerDavid FurlongLyrical and meditative, The Amish answers many questions Americans have about this insistently insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to five hundred year-old traditions have by turns captivated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused for more than a century. With unprecedented access to the Amish built on patience and hard-won trust, the film is the first to deeply penetrate and explore this profoundly attention-averse group. In doing so, it paints an extraordinarily intimate portrait of contemporary Amish faith and life. It questions why and how the Amish, an insistently closed and communal culture, have thrived within one of the most open, individualistic societies on earth.
- DirectorMargaret GrossiStarsDaniel James BrownEric CohenTimothy EganThe story of how a team of underdog American rowers became gold medalists in the 1936 Olympics.