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American Experience

Season 35 Episode 4: The Movement and the 'Madman'

36 SeasonsMar 28, 2023TV-PG1h 22m7.7

Two antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 cause President Richard Nixon to cancel his "madman" plans for a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam.

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Season 35 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Lie Detector

1. The Lie Detector

Aired: Jan 3, 2023

Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transforme...

Episode 5 The Sun Queen

5. The Sun Queen

Aired: Apr 4, 2023

Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the su...

Episode 6 Casa Susanna

6. Casa Susanna

Aired: Jun 27, 2023

In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-...

Episode 9 The War on Disco

9. The War on Disco

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: Currently Airing

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography

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