American Experience Films Movies

  • 2022
    Casa Susanna

    Casa Susanna

    Casa Susanna

    7.92022HD

    In the 50s and 60s, deep in the American countryside at the foot of the Catskills, a small wooden house with a barn behind it was home to the first cl...

    Casa Susanna
  • 2017
    Oklahoma City

    Oklahoma City

    Oklahoma City

    6.92017HD

    The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. This d...

    Oklahoma City
  • 2023
    The Riot Report

    The Riot Report

    The Riot Report

    8.52023HD

    In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to investigate why Black neighborhoods all over the country were “rioting” in pro...

    The Riot Report
  • 2023
    The War on Disco

    The War on Disco

    The War on Disco

    6.52023HD

    The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco...

    The War on Disco
  • 2005
    Building the Alaska Highway

    Building the Alaska Highway

    Building the Alaska Highway

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    In May of 1942, across the rugged sub-Arctic wilderness of Alaska and Canada, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most difficu...

    Building the Alaska Highway
  • 2022
    Taken Hostage

    Taken Hostage

    Taken Hostage

    8.52022HD

    Unfolding like a political thriller, Taken Hostage tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were...

    Taken Hostage
  • 2018
    The Circus

    The Circus

    The Circus

    62018HD

    Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, this four-hour mini-series follows the r...

    The Circus
  • 2020
    Mr. Tornado

    Mr. Tornado

    Mr. Tornado

    72020HD

    Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita spent ten months studying The Super Outbreak of 1974, which was the most intense tornado outbreak on recor...

    Mr. Tornado
  • 2024
    The Cancer Detectives

    The Cancer Detectives

    The Cancer Detectives

    82024HD

    The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people...

    The Cancer Detectives
  • 2023
    The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

    The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

    The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

    82023HD

    In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi...

    The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
  • 2023
    The Busing Battleground

    The Busing Battleground

    The Busing Battleground

    02023HD

    The Busing Battleground pulls back the curtain on the volatile effort to end school segregation, detailing the decades-long struggle for educational e...

    The Busing Battleground
  • 2021
    Voice of Freedom

    Voice of Freedom

    Voice of Freedom

    02021HD

    On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument...

    Voice of Freedom
  • 2024
    Nazi Town, USA

    Nazi Town, USA

    Nazi Town, USA

    8.52024HD

    In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Pro-American Rally.” Images of George Washington h...

    Nazi Town, USA
  • 2024
    Fly With Me

    Fly With Me

    Fly With Me

    7.52024HD

    Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat a...

    Fly With Me
  • 2010
    Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    7.62010HD

    This is the story of more than four hundred Americans who participated in a bold and dangerous experiment designed to awaken the conscience of a compl...

    Freedom Riders
  • 2024
    The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought

    The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought

    The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought

    72024HD

    The American Vice President explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afte...

    The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought
  • 1998
    Influenza 1918

    Influenza 1918

    Influenza 1918

    6.51998HD

    Influenza 1918 is the story of the worst epidemic the United States has ever known. Before it was over, the flu would kill more than 600,000 Americans...

    Influenza 1918
  • 2005
    The Massie Affair

    The Massie Affair

    The Massie Affair

    62005HD

    In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against five...

    The Massie Affair
  • 2024
    Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal

    Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal

    Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal

    82024HD

    Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the h...

    Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal