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This two-part series features experts in Italian American history and culture and local Italian Americans, including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, chef Lidia Bastianich, the late former Governor of New York Mario C
When an overzealous immigrant accidentally arrives in the city of Jacksonville instead of Disney World, a local native shows him around the 904 as his designated tour guide.
People of all nations come to America, sing a native song and go into a “melting pot”. This scene was later used in King of Jazz (1930).
Stapp's pointillist style here has matured since the first of the series, done in 1969. Here, he also makes extensive use of parallel images converging and diverging on the multi-plane camera.
A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts geologists, archaeologists, anthropologists and scientists from other discipli
In the Americanbom, educational films, newsreel footage and old television shows are appropriated for a sardonic exploration of nuclear age values. (LUX)
In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people and leaving a million
On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at New York City's newest landmark. A marvel of engineering, architecture, and vision, the new Beaux Arts structure on 42nd s
At the peak of her immense popularity in the 1920s, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was drawing larger crowds to her revivals than those of P.T. Barnum or Harry Houdini. This chapter of "American Experience" paints a v
The role of African American soldiers during the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy.
New evidence suggests humans arrived in North America far earlier than previously thought, and that they may have traveled along paths now buried deep beneath the sea.
Colorful animation, based on pre-Columbian Indian designs, surveys the religious beliefs and practices of the Indians of Central America before the arrival of Columbus. Utilizing pointillist, abstract, and multiplanar sp
The Offspring present exactly what you're looking for in camcorder entertainment. "Americana" is the video that gives you the inside story behind this band's humble beginnings. Watch the true story of a Californian garag
A 17-year-old Peruvian girl sells pirated American movies on the streets of an industrial area in Lima and dreams of moving to the United States in hopes of a better future.
Andrew Wyeth was one of America's most popular, but lease understood artists. Through unprecedented access to family members, archival materials, and his work, "Wyeth" presents the most complete portrait of the artist.
The Italian Americans reveals the unique qualities of one immigrant group's experience, and how these qualities have shaped and challenged America.
Director: David Schwimmer
A look at the lives of the urban poor living in "Las Colonias", a group of over 1500 unincorporated settlements along the Mexican-American Border Region.
