American Experience 34
2022-02-07 | Documentary | 6 episodes38 Seasons
Episode
Riveted: The History of Jeans (2022)
The fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. They’re more than just a pair of pants — America’s tangled past is woven deeply into the indigo fabric. From its roots in slavery to the Wild West, youth culture, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American ideology and politics are writ large.
Directed By
- Anna Lee Strachan
Writer
- Anna Lee Strachan
The American Diplomat (2022)
Discover how three Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the US State Department during the Cold War. Asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home, they left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.
Directed By
- Leola Calzolai-Stewart
Writer
- Ken Chowder
Flood in the Desert (2022)
Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct.
Directed By
- Rob Rapley
Writer
- Rob Rapley
Plague at the Golden Gate (2022)
Discover how an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 set off fear and anti-Asian sentiment in San Francisco. This new documentary tells the gripping story of the race against time by health officials to save the city from the deadly disease.
Directed By
- Li-Shin Yu
Writer
- Susan Kim
Taken Hostage (1) (2022)
Part 1: Revisit the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, through stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.
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