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- CreatorStephen FitzmeyerHenry HamptonStarsDavid McCulloughDavid Ogden StiersMichael MurphyA series showcasing documentaries on American history.
- StarsJohn GreenStan MullerDanica JohnsonJohn Green takes you through the history of the United States, from the beginning of the Spanish colonization to the Obama administration.
- StarsMonty DobsonMichael NassaneyAdam KaneJoin Dr. Monty Dobson on the expedition to uncover America's archaeological history. The series follows Monty as he explores archaeological sites along America's ever shifting frontier and uses these sites as touch points to tell America's story. From the first peoples who arrived during the last Ice Age to the archaeology of the Industrial Age, America from the Ground Up. is history like you've never seen it before.
- StarsHenry Louis Gates Jr.CeCe MooreAnita HillBefore the popularity of AncestryDNA, journalist and cultural critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. divulges the family trees of various celebrities, many times with stunning revelations.
- StarsBrian UngerH.W. BrandsMark SteinHost Brian Unger travels the United States explaining the weird shapes on the map.
- StarsDaniel WebbLiev SchreiberTom BrokawWhy did the United States become a global superpower? America The Story of Us is an epic 12-hour television event that explores the country's remarkable journey.
- StarsEdward HerrmannJames Earl JonesCybill ShepherdThe States takes a detailed look at what makes each of the 50 states special. Each episode features five states each and has interviews with native celebrities talking about their home state.
- StarsMark RiccadonnaDavid NasawMichael L. ColosimoTen acclaimed documentary filmmakers offer a fresh, compelling look at 10 pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions.
- Prestigious historians provide a detailed analysis of United States history and document some of the country's most storied historical occurrences.
- StarsKatie CouricEric FonerTom HanksA sixteen episode mini-series of the history of America.
- StarsDonald L. Miller
- StarsBurt ReynoldsJames WoodsEdward HerrmannWitness the birth of the American republic.
- StarsEdward HerrmannWalter CronkiteH.W. BrandsA historical compendium of the 42 men who have served as the chief executive of the United States taking us from George Washington to George W. Bush. Each segment discusses the highlights and often lowlights of the men who have served.
- DirectorKen BurnsStarsHal HolbrookAdam ArkinJohn Logan AllenThe story of the most important American exploration expedition in American history and the participants in it.
- DirectorRob RapleyStarsOliver PlattT. Ryder SmithCarol BerkinThe stories of the major figures of the pre-American Civil War political movement to eliminate slavery.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsRene AuberjonoisMelendy BrittScott CleverdonDocumentary on the life of American abolitionist John Brown.
- StarsPeter CoyotePete HamillCatherine Gilbert MurdockThe story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
- DirectorJames A. DeVinneyDavid EsparMarilyn MellowesStarsStacy KeachThe chronicle, which features home movies, and photos, includes patriarch Joseph Kennedy's business and political dealings, his 1960 presidential election and the tragic 1968 campaign, as well as Edward M. Kennedy's failed 1980 bid.
- StarsDavid Ogden StiersKenneth JacksonMike WallaceExploration of New York City's rich history as a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsMario CuomoJameson DoigNiall FergusonThis final chapter provides a powerful portrait of the events leading up to and following 9/11, reaching back to when the idea of a "world trade center" was first conceived and the towers were constructed. Explore the physical, economic, and symbolic aftermath of the attack and what Americans can learn from the recovery effort.
- DirectorAustin HoytPatricia Garcia RiosStarsDavid Ogden StiersEric Bruno BorgmanTells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world.
- 1987–7.2 (47)TV EpisodeDirectorStephen IvesStarsMichael MurphyLucille BallImogene Coca!
- DirectorPeter JonesMark A. CatalenaStarsDorothy ChandlerHarry Brant ChandlerNorman ChandlerInventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times, tells the story of the Los Angeles Times and the city's most powerful family. For four generations, the Chandlers wielded unique influence through their newspaper. In their pursuit of personal agendas and civic ideals, they built the city of the future, but also exposed the dark side of the American Dream.***
- StarsBruce KraigMurray HandwerkerBill HandwerkerThe history behind America's most popular foods.
- DirectorConnie FieldStarsLola WeixelMargaret WrightLyn ChildsDocumentary about women working in factories during WWII and resultant loss of jobs after the war. Five women tell their stories. Fascinating clips of racist, sexist propaganda of the era.
- DirectorPare LorentzStarsThomas ChalmersBam WhiteThis documentary is about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States when a combination of farming practices and environmental factors led to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
- DirectorThomas LennonStarsPeter ThomasThe spread of Prohibition from Henry Ford's Detroit factories nationwide
- DirectorRandall MacLowryStarsChris BauerMichael MurphyFrank Pando
- DirectorLisa BlackstoneStarsDan BauerRose BerensPamela BrunfeltMinnesota's Iron Range built America from sea to shining sea. Steel buildings to enriched bread. Co-produced with the Minnesota Humanities Center.
- StarsRay MearsBushcraft expert Ray Mears explores how the awesome wilderness of the North American continent shaped the story of the Wild West.
- StarsPeter CoyoteN. Scott MomadayMurphy GuyerStephen Ives' "The West" is a PBS 4-Video Series co-produced by Ken Burns: - "Death Runs Riot" 85 min. - "Fight No More Forever" 85 min. - "Ghost Dance" 58 min. - "The People" 82 min.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsF. Murray AbrahamStephen AmbroseRussell BakerChronicles the way the West was lost and won between 1845 and 1893. It looks at the final decades of the American frontier from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last gasp of the Indian wars at Wounded Knee.
- StarsKenny RogersPaul A. HuttonRobert UtleyThis documentary series, which was made in 1992, shows stories of how the real West was created and separates fact from fiction. Hosted by Kenny Rogers
- StarsJack HanrahanSitting BullGeronimoDocumentation of the encroachment of European settlers upon Native American lands and the violent reaction of the Indians in their struggle to survive.
- StarsSissy SpacekBarbara KingsolverE.O. WilsonHow landscape shapes human cultures and in turn humans shape the land - the dynamic interaction of natural history and human history.
- StarsJohnny CashLoretta LynnRosanne CashFollows the 300 year history of the Appalachian people with interviews by scholars, musicians and writers.
- DirectorRussell BarnesStarsNiall Ferguson
- StarsDouglas BrinkleyRick PerlsteinChris ConnellyA documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music industry, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the sexual revolution, and the rise of foreign and domestic terrorism.
- StarsJohn HeilemannTim NaftaliRobert DallekInterviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s.
- DirectorEugene JareckiStarsGore VidalJohn McCainKen AdelmanIs 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.
- DirectorGeorg KoszulinskiStarsScott CamilRenee CranfordGeorg KoszulinskiRenegade filmmaker Georg Koszulinski takes on Florida's history from a decidedly different point of view. Blending archival and original footage, he brings to life a cast of historical characters spanning over 12,000 years, from Florida's ancient Indians to the migrant farm workers of the 21st century. Meet Osceola and the Seminoles, who fought alongside escaped slaves in the most costly Indian War in American History. Unmask Florida's Ku Klux Klan and don't forget about Walt Disney and Henry Flagler - perhaps the two characters most responsible for the Florida we know today.
- DirectorSharon SimonStarsFelipe LucianoRaquel OrtizGeraldo RiveraThis documentary presents a personal journey through Puerto Rico's rich African, Taino, and Spanish cultural traditions with revelatory stories by poets, abolitionists, revolutionaries, and politicians, all of whom have struggled for a national identity that has been greatly influenced by the island's ambiguous relationship with the United States. Using interviews, literature, poetry, the collages of artist Juan Sanchez, along with archival film footage and photographs, Mi Puerto Rico gives the viewer a musical, visual, and historical journey seen from the island itself and from its many transplants on the mainland United States.
- DirectorLexy LovellMichael UysStarsC.R. 'Tiny' BolandCharley BullRene ChampionRiding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. From 'middle class gentility to scrabble-ass poor,' the undiscriminating Great Depression forced 4,000,000 Americans away from their homes and onto the tracks in search of food and lodging. Of this number, a disturbing 250,000 of the transients were children. The filmmakers relay the experiences and painful recollections of these now-elderly survivors of the rails. Forced to travel more by economic necessity than the spirit of adventure, the film's subjects dispel romantic myths of a hobo existence and its corresponding veneer of freedom. Riding the Rails recounts the hoboes' trade secrets for survival and accounts of dank miseries, loneliness, imprisonment, death, and dispossession. Sixty years later, the filmmakers transport their subjects back to the tracks, where the surging impact of sound and movement resuscitates memories of a shattered adolescence and devastating rite of passage.
- DirectorAndrea KalinStarsAmy BloomVince BrownPatricia ClarksonIn the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With the Federal Writers' Project, the government pitted young, untested talents against the problems of everyday Americans. From that experience, some of America's great writers found their own voices, and discovered the Soul of a People.
- DirectorKen BurnsStarsKeith DavidTom HanksAdam ArkinThe saga of Horatio Nelson Jackson, the first man to cross the United States by automobile--in 1903!
- DirectorAnthony ArnoveChris MooreHoward ZinnStarsMatt DamonViggo MortensenMarisa TomeiA look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
- DirectorJuan Agustin MarquezStarsAngel Collado -SchwarzRafael Cancel MirandaAlfredo CarrasquilloA close look at Puerto Rico's unique relationship with the United States.
- DirectorDaniel BrackenIn 1100AD Cahokia was three times the size of Paris or London and the spiritual and political home of an urban civilization that stretched from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Join Monty as he digs into the archaeology to the secret history of a civilization that de Soto discovered while exploring America in the 1500's.
- DirectorRick StoutAn engaging and thought provoking film, The Lost Civilizations of North America reveals why we haven't heard about the great civilizations that once existed on the North American continent and why evidences of their origins and connections to living Native Americans have passed out of place and time.
- DirectorKen WinberTHE WASHINGTONS OF SULGRAVE MANOR breaks new ground in telling the story of how our country was formed. George Washington was the third generation of his family born in America. Most of us don't think of the Founding Fathers as immigrants, but surprisingly the Washingtons' story has much in common with those of other immigrants to America over the last 300 years. The Washingtons were emblematic of their time. As English trade mushroomed, George Washington's ancestor, Lawrence, became rich. But in the English Civil War, the Washingtons were swept to near ruin. In 1656, George Washington's great-grandfather John entered the sea trade with the Virginia Colony and ... the rest is history. The Washingtons epitomized the people who came, and continue to come, to America.
- StarsRay MearsBushcraft expert Ray Mears explores how the awesome wilderness of the North American continent shaped the story of the Wild West.
- 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".
- DirectorRobert StoneStarsStewart BrandPaul EhrlichDenis HayesDirector Robert Stone traces the origins of the modern environmental movement through the eyes of nine Americans who propelled the movement from its beginnings in the 1950s.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsJeffrey Wright
- 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.
- 1987– 1h 30m7.6 (54)TV EpisodeDirectorLlewellyn M. SmithStarsRyan DupreeDion GrahamPart one focuses on people and events from 1865-68.
- DirectorChristine LesiakAnnie MumgaardStarsPaul BoyerWilliam Jennings BryanClarence DarrowIn 1925 a Tennessee high school teacher is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. A momentous trial ensues, pitting fundamentalist preaching against freedom of thought and speech.
- DirectorDavid GrubinStarsDavid McCulloughExploration of life in America in the first year of the 20th century, using archive film footage and photographs.
- StarsFrancis ChoulerJustin SalingerCarel NelThe documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- StarsTom HollandDominic SandbrookTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are interrogating the past, attempting to detangle the present. Distilling the entirety of human history, or, as much as they can fit into about thirty minutes.