A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
"American Experience" combines dramatic re-enactments with commentary by historians and authors to present an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present.
Aired: Jan 3, 2023 Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transforme...
2. Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Aired: Jan 17, 2023An in-depth biography of the influential author whose ground-breaking anthrop...
3. Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
Aired: Feb 20, 2023Monopoly is America's favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capital...
4. The Movement and the 'Madman'
Aired: Mar 28, 2023Two antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 cause President Richard Nixon to can...
Aired: Apr 4, 2023 Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the su...
Aired: Jun 27, 2023 In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-...
Aired: Sep 11, 2023 The Busing Battleground viscerally captures the class tensions and racial vio...
8. The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Aired: Sep 12, 2023When the Supreme Court issued an order to fully and immediately desegregate s...
Aired: Oct 30, 2023 The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of Disco...
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Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary, History, Biography
Currently you are able to watch "American Experience" for free with ads on PBS. It is also possible to rent or buy on AppleTV online.
