Episodes (15)
Dec 31, 1998
Episode one begins in 1609 and chronicles the arrival of the Dutch.
Dec 31, 1998
Episode two looks at New York's rise as a burgeoning cultural center and multi-ethnic port.
Dec 31, 1998
Episode three turns the spotlight on greed and wealth.
Dec 31, 1998
Episode four follows New York into a new century.
Aug 31, 2007
Episode five tells the African-American experience and the birth of the new media industries.
Jan 09, 2000
For more than thirty years, Eleanor Roosevelt was America's most powerful woman. Millions adored her, but her FBI file was thicker than a stack of phone books. She spoke out fearlessly for civil rights, and the KKK put a price on her head. She helped Franklin D. Roosevelt rise to power and was one of his most valuable political assets, but the media satirized her as an ugly busybody. Drawing on interviews with her closest relatives, friends, and biographers, as well as rare home movie footage, the film reveals the hidden dimensions of one of the century's most ...
Jan 31, 2000
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Feb 07, 2000
A group of former slaves tries to save its bankrupt school, Fisk University, by performing concerts as the Jubilee Singers. They toured along the path of the Underground Railroad in the United States, as well as England and throughout Europe.
Feb 14, 2000
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Feb 27, 2000
Documentary on the life of American abolitionist John Brown.
Mar 06, 2000
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Apr 23, 2000
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Apr 24, 2000
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May 07, 2000
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May 22, 2000
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About
American Experience Season 12 (1998) is released on Dec 31, 1998 and the latest season 35 of American Experience is released in 2021. Watch American Experience online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. American Experience is directed by David Grubin,Stephen Ives,Barak Goodman,Ric Burns and created by David Grubin with David McCullough and David Ogden Stiers.
"American Experience" combines dramatic re-enactments with commentary by historians and authors to present an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present.