Aired: Oct 4, 2004Part One: The Garish Sun: Robert F. Kennedy devotes himself to his brother Jo...
American Experience
Season 17 Episode 8: The Fall of Saigon
"The Massie Affair" chronicles a 1931 Honolulu rape case involving a young white Navy wife that became even more serious when one of the acquitted Hawaiian defendants was later kidnapped and murdered. Although marital discord and social "honor" play into the story, it's mostly about stark racial injustice that touched even the White House. It uncovers "cold, hard truths about America and the people who ruled it."
