The War on Disco
The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of Disco music. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot led by rock fans broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” during a baseball game in Chicago
Episodes
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The War on Disco
S35 E9 - 51m 27s
The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of Disco music. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot led by rock fans broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” during a baseball game in Chicago
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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
S35 E8 - 1h 47m
Explore what happened when the small Mississippi town of Leland integrated its public schools in 1970. Told through the remembrances of students, teachers and parents, the film shows how the town – and America – were transformed.
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The Busing Battleground
S35 E7 - 1h 52m
The Busing Battleground viscerally captures the class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order.
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Casa Susanna
S35 E6 - 1h 36m
In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves.
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The Sun Queen
S35 E5 - 52m 22s
Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.
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The Movement and the "Madman"
S35 E4 - 1h 22m
Discover the story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement. Told through firsthand accounts, the film reveals how movement leaders mobilized disparate groups to create two massive protests that changed history.
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Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
S35 E3 - 52m 17s
Monopoly is America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space
S35 E2 - 1h 52m
Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.
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The Lie Detector
S35 E1 - 52m 35s
Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. A tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.
Extras + Features
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Trailer | Nazi Town, USA
S36 E1 - 1m 26s
Nazi Town, USA tells the story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group which in the 1930s had scores of chapters across the country, representing what many believe was a real threat of fascist subversion in the United States. They held joint rallies with the KKK and ran summer camps for children centered around Nazi ideology and imagery, melding patriotic values with virulent anti-Semitism.
Schedule
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American Experience
The Movement and The "Madman"
Thursday
Jan 4
1 Hour 30 Minutes
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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American Experience
The Movement and The "Madman"
Friday
Jan 5
1 Hour 30 Minutes
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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American Experience
Goin' Back to T-Town
Tuesday
Jan 9
1 Hour
Residents recall how '60s integration and urban renewal eradicated successful black businesses in Greenwood, Okla. Narrator: Ossie Davis. -
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American Experience
Goin' Back to T-Town
Saturday
Jan 13
1 Hour
Residents recall how '60s integration and urban renewal eradicated successful black businesses in Greenwood, Okla. Narrator: Ossie Davis. -
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American Experience
Goin' Back to T-Town
Monday
Jan 15
1 Hour
Residents recall how '60s integration and urban renewal eradicated successful black businesses in Greenwood, Okla. Narrator: Ossie Davis. -
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American Experience
Goin' Back to T-Town
Monday
Jan 15
1 Hour
Residents recall how '60s integration and urban renewal eradicated successful black businesses in Greenwood, Okla. Narrator: Ossie Davis. -
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American Experience
Goin' Back to T-Town
Monday
Jan 15
1 Hour
Residents recall how '60s integration and urban renewal eradicated successful black businesses in Greenwood, Okla. Narrator: Ossie Davis. -
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American Experience
Goin' Back to T-Town
Tuesday
Jan 16
1 Hour
Residents recall how '60s integration and urban renewal eradicated successful black businesses in Greenwood, Okla. Narrator: Ossie Davis.
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