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- CreatorJohn McLaughlinStarsDean NorrisTrace AdkinsJames CarvilleTHE HISTORY CHANNEL brings history's most incredible wartime feats, scientific mysteries, and turbulent periods back to life in top-rated programs on topics including Sherman's March, the battle of Thermopylae, comets, the Plague, and the Dark Ages.
- StarsCharlie RoseMark HalperinAl HuntCharlie Rose interviews noteworthy people in fields including politics and government, business and economics, science and technology, media, sports and the arts.3000 episodes **************************
- CreatorStephen FitzmeyerHenry HamptonStarsDavid McCulloughDavid Ogden StiersMichael MurphyA series showcasing documentaries on American history.339 **********************************
- CreatorAgnes NixonStarsJack PerkinsPeter GravesHarry SmithThe life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.1193 *********************************
- CreatorSusan LacyStarsMartin ScorsesePeter BogdanovichTony BennettDocumentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.221 **********************************
- StarsRichard FeynmanTheoretical physicist Richard Feynman tells his story.
- DirectorOrlando BagwellStarsAlfre WoodardSharon 10XBenjamin 2X
- DirectorKen BurnsStarsJack JohnsonKeith DavidSamuel L. JacksonThe story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
- DirectorStanley NelsonMarcus Garvey emmigrated from Jamaica to New York City in 1914, bringing with him a message of black empowerment. After touring the United States with his message, his organization started publishing The Negro World, a newspaper. With millions of followers worldwide, Garvey decried racial prejudice in the U.S.A., and urged African-Americans to invest in shares of his organization's shipping company, The Black Star Line. Garvey also promoted the idea of millions of African-Americans moving to Africa to found their own nation.
- DirectorOrlando BagwellNoland WalkerStarsTaylor BranchDavid HalberstamMartin Luther KingA documentary that draws on input from a broad cross-section of people to examine to last five years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsJosh HamiltonBarbara FeldonEli WallachFew American artists have reached a wider audience, or enjoyed more widespread popularity in their own lifetime, than Ansel Adams. None has had more profound an impact on how Americans grasp the majesty of their continent, or done more to transform how people think and feel about the meaning of the natural world. A visionary photographer, a pioneer in photographic technique and a crusader for the environment, Adams would take part in an extraordinary revolution: in photography, and ways of seeing what he called "the continuous beauty of the things that are." His greatest photographs would seek to capture "the instant of revelation -- of timelessness" amidst the evanescence of the natural world. Ansel Adams is the intimate portrait of a great artist and ardent environmentalist -- for whom life and art, photography and wilderness, creativity and communication, love and expression, were inextricably connected. ANSEL ADAMS, a ninety-minute documentary film written and directed by Ric Burns, and broadcast on national public television in April 2002, provides an elegant, moving and lyrical portrait of this most eloquent and quintessentially American of photographers.
- 19991 epTV-G8.0 (338)TV SeriesStarsCarolyn McCormickAdam ArkinAnn DowdThe story of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and their life long fight to bring equal rights to women.
- 1985– 1h 27mTV-146.6 (98)TV EpisodeDirectorAvon KirklandElise RobertsonStarsAndre BraugherJohn AmosPaul BenjaminThis documentary presents a portrait of African American author Ralph Ellison, one of the great American novelists of the twentieth century.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsRichard J. DaleyRichard BarnettGeorge BellDocumentary about Chicago's mayor, Richard J. Daley.
- DirectorKyra ThompsonStarsTim ConwayLawrence J. EpsteinStephen C. GrossmanShy and unassuming, the "Dean of Deadpan" exploded on the comedy scene in 1960. Over the years, Newhart's cool, calculated routines became part of Americana, from his one-way telephone conversations to the "nervous monologue" sketch.
- DirectorPhil BertelsenStarsJesse WilliamsMichele BachmannGlenn BeckExploring the historic election of America's first African-American president and his two term in office.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsBill ClintonHillary ClintonCampbell ScottHour 1 follows their bumpy road to the 1992 presidential victory, an amazing triumph over repeated scandals and setbacks. Although they have won the presidency, the Clintons have not yet won the country. In their moment of triumph, the first couple has no way of imagining the turmoil that lies ahead.*********
- DirectorAustin HoytStarsBarbara BushGeorge BushDavid Ogden StiersFollow George H.W. Bush from his childhood into war as a combat pilot in the U.S. Navy. Later, the Bushes moved to the oil fields of Texas where he became a Republican leader, the party that he would lead - and struggle with - as President.*********
- DirectorWilliam RabbeStarsJoe BidenTom BrokawGeorge BushConsistently ranked among the most negative campaigns in American history, the 1988 Presidential election was a landmark contest that rewrote the ground rules of modern-day political combat. "ABOVE THE FRAY: THE LESSONS OF DUKAKIS '88" is the story of that race as told by the Democratic Presidential Nominee, Michael Dukakis. From his rise to national prominence to his crushing defeat at the hands of Vice President George H.W. Bush, "ABOVE THE FRAY" underscores the personal and political drama of 1988, revealing the stories behind the strategic missteps of the Dukakis campaign. With NBC News reports and never-before-seen footage, it's a cautionary tale about what it takes to win and why it's necessary to engage a political opponent when the chips are down.
- DirectorEugene JareckiStarsBud AbbottWalter AbelSpiro AgnewReagan examines the enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president Ronald Reagan.
- StarsDavid Ogden StiersMartin AndersonJames Baker IIIWhen he left the White House in 1989, Ronald Reagan was one of the most popular presidents of the century. A former Hollywood star and seemingly simple man, Reagan was consistently underestimated by his opponents. One by one, he overcame them all. Incorporating interviews with key political insiders, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and members of the Reagan family, "Reagan" explores the man who saw America as a "shining city on a hill" and himself as its heroic defender. The program follows Reagan's life from his itinerant boyhood in Illinois to his battle with "communist agitators" in the Screen Actors Guild and his dramatic 1980 victory over Jimmy Carter. Only 70 days into his presidency, a would-be assassin's bullet left him more debilitated than anyone knew. Reagan's massive military buildup and bold challenges to the Soviet Union caused his critics to portray him as a trigger-happy cowboy. But he negotiated deep cuts in nuclear weapons and resolved to end the Cold War. Five years after leaving office, Reagan announced he had Alzheimer's disease and dropped from public view. [info from DVD container]*********
- DirectorAdriana BoschStarsLinda HuntJimmy Carter ran for president on a wave of post-Watergate disaffection with Washington politics. But inexperience, inflation, recession, and the Iran hostage crisis, derailed his presidency dramatically. His crowning achievement, the Camp David Accords, created a framework for Middle East peace, inspiring his life since. The film traces his ascent from Plains, Georgia, to the Oval Office and explores the role of religion in his career. This is the first of two parts.*********
- DirectorDavid EsparStarsHelen GahaganWill LymanRichard NixonRichard M. Nixon was one of American history's most powerful figures. Recalling events etched in U.S. memory, this three-hour program explores a fateful mix of strength and weakness that made him president, and then brought him down. Events revealing Nixon's distinctive signature in American politics, from a meteoric rise to Congress to the presidency and the morass of Watergate, unfold in three parts: The Quest, Triumph, and The Fall. This is the first of three parts.*********
- DirectorMick CaouetteStarsMary EasterSpiro AgnewMichael Beschloss"Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible" follows Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey through his civil rights work, the Vietnam War and his loss to Richard Nixon.