Upon its completion, the “Great East River (Thing)” was the largest (thing) of its era, a technical achievement of unparalleled scope marked by enormous construction problems, equally ingenious solutions and heroic human achievement. In unexpected and wonderful ways, the ___ captured the imagination of all Americans and in the process became a symbol in American culture of strength, vitality, ingenuity and promise.
They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them “___.” Though they were celibate, they constitute the most enduring religious experiment in American history.
For more than 100 years the ___ has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In interviews with Americans from all walks of life—including former New York governor Mario Cuomo, the late congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the late writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski—___ examines the nature of freedom and the (thing)'s significance within American life.
He was a populist hero and a corrupt demagogue hailed as a champion of the poor and reviled as a dictator. Louisiana’s ___ built his remarkable career as governor and U.S. Senator on a platform of social reform and justice— all the while employing graft and corruption to get what he wanted.
His paintings were burly. Energetic. And as uncompromising as the Midwestern landscapes and laborers they celebrated. ___ was a self-reliant American who emerged from the Great Depression. Today his works hang in museums; during ___'s life, the artist preferred to hang them in saloons, where ordinary people could appreciate them in congenial settings.
This portrait of the ___ explores the history and promise of one of the country’s most important and least understood institutions. It tells the story of the Capitol building itself—including its burning by the British in the War of 1812 and its completion in the midst of the Civil War—and chronicles the extraordinary personalities, events and issues that have animated the first 200 years of ___ and, in turn, the country.
___ is a nine-part series that explores the most important conflict in our nation’s history. The (event) was fought in 10,000 places, more than 3 million Americans fought in it, and more than 600,000 men—2 percent of the population—died in it.
For fifty years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” ___ examines the lives of three remarkable men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity combined in unexpected and often tragic ways.
___ is a nine-part series that examines nearly 200 years of American history through the prism of our national pastime. Americans have played ___ in one form or another since the early 19th century—while they conquered a continent, warred with one another and with enemies abroad, and struggled over labor, civil rights and the meaning of freedom.
___, a nine-part series, chronicles the turbulent history of one of the most extraordinary landscapes on earth—a place that is simultaneously enticing and forbidding, filled with stories of both heartbreaking tragedy and undying hope. Beginning when the land belonged only to Native Americans and ending in the 20th century, the film introduces unforgettable characters—from gold seekers to cowboys, from homesteaders to Indian leaders—whose competing dreams transformed the land, and turned the ___ into a lasting symbol of our nation itself.
___ is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president, one of the most fascinating and complicated figures ever to grace America’s public stage. ___ embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of our most sacred document, the Declaration of Independence, he gave voice to our fervent desire for freedom, but he also owned more than 150 slaves and never saw fit to free them.
Sent by President Thomas Jefferson in 1804 to find the fabled Northwest Passage, ___ led the most important expedition in American history – a voyage of danger and discovery from St. Louis to the headwaters of the Missouri River, over the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean. It was the United States’ first exploration of the West and one of the nation’s most enduring adventures.
___ tells the story of the greatest of all American architects. ___ was an authentic American genius, a man who believed he was destined to redesign the world by creating everything anew.
___ THE STORY OF ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY tells the little-known story of one of the most compelling political movements and friendships in American history. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born into a world ruled entirely by men and for more than half a century led the fight to win the most basic civil rights for women.
___ celebrates America's greatest original art form. The film opens at the dawn of the 20th century, incorporating American culture and historical events that interact directly with the music.
Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as ___, America’s best-known and best-loved author. Considered in his time the funniest man on earth, ___ was also an unflinching critic of human nature who used his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism.
In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the newfangled 'horseless carriage.' At the time there were only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire country— all of them within city limits.
Jack Johnson—the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World, whose dominance over his white opponents spurred furious debates and race riots in the early 20th centu enters the ring once again in ___: THE RISE AND FALL OF JACK JOHNSON. The film shows the gritty details of Johnson's life through archival footage, still photographs, and the commentary of boxing experts.
___ is the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales— from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska— ___: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background—rich and poor, famous and unknown, soldiers and scientists, natives and newcomers, artists and entrepreneurs— who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.
As a new chapter in Burns's landmark series, ___ tells the tumultuous story of the national pastime from the 1990s to the present day. Introducing an unforgettable array of players, teams and fans, the film showcases the era's extraordinary accomplishments and heroics—as well as its devastating losses and disappointments.
___ tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed. ___ was intended to improve—even to ennoble—the lives of all Americans, to protect individuals, families, and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. But, paradoxically, the enshrining of a faith-driven moral code in the Constitution caused millions of Americans to rethink their definition of morality.
___ chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the 'Great Plow-Up,' followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews with twenty-six survivors of those hard times—combined with dramatic photographs and rare film stock—bring to life these stories of incredible human suffering and equally incredible human perseverance.
___ relates the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's (Place) in 1989. The film chronicles the (Place) Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of the five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice.
___, a 90-minute feature length documentary by Ken Burns, aired on PBS April 15, 2014. The film tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address.
___: AN INTIMATE HISTORY chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor ___, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the ___ for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
___ rose from humble origins to cross baseball’s color line and become one of the most beloved men in America. A fierce integrationist, ___ used his immense fame to speak out against the discrimination he saw on and off the field, angering fans, the press, and even teammates who had once celebrated him for “turning the other cheek.”
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, ___, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the (event) through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides—Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South (Place).
___ will chronicle the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of our nation. From southern Appalachia’s songs of struggle, heartbreak and faith to the rollicking western swing of Texas, from California honky tonks to Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, we will follow the evolution of ___ over the course of the twentieth century, as it eventually emerged to become America's music.
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