Season nineteen of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on October 2, 2006 and concluded on May 14, 2007. The season contained 15 new episodes and began with the first two parts of the Eyes on the Prize miniseries, "Awakenings (1954–1956)" and "Fighting Back (1957–1962)". The first six parts of the 14-part miniseries were a rebroadcast of the production originally shown during 1987 on PBS. "The Mormons" film was co-produced with the PBS documentary program Frontline.
American Experience | |
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Season 19 | |
No. of episodes | 15 |
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Original network | PBS |
Original release | October 2, 2006 May 14, 2007 | –
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Episodes
edit- * Denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date | |
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219 | 1* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 1–2)"[1] | Judith Vecchione (Parts 1–2) | Civil Rights | October 2, 2006 | |
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220 | 2* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 3–4)" | Orlando Bagwell (Part 3) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 4) | Civil Rights | October 9, 2006 | |
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221 | 3* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 5–6)" | Orlando Bagwell (Part 5) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 6) | Civil Rights | October 16, 2006 | |
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222 | 4 | "Test Tube Babies"[2] | Chana Gazit & Hilary Klotz Steinman | Technology | October 23, 2006 | |
223 | 5 | "The Great Fever"[3] | Adriana Bosch & Michael Chin | Technology | October 30, 2006 | |
The film examines the work of Walter Reed in his efforts to discover the transmitter of the viral disease yellow fever. | ||||||
224 | 6 | "The Gold Rush"[4] | Randall MacLowry | The American West | November 6, 2006 | |
225 | 7 | "The Berlin Airlift"[5] | Peter Adler, Alexander Berkel & Stefan Mausbach | War | January 29, 2007 | |
226 | 8 | "The Living Weapon"[6] | John Rubin | Technology, War | February 5, 2007 | |
The film chronicles the development of the biological weapons program in the United States. | ||||||
227 | 9 | "New Orleans"[7] | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture | February 12, 2007 | |
228 | 10 | "Sister Aimee"[8] | Linda Garmon | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 2, 2007 | |
229 | 11 | "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple"[9] | Stanley Nelson | Popular Culture | April 9, 2007 | |
230 | 12 | "Summer of Love"[10] | Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco | Popular Culture | April 23, 2007 | |
The film recounts the history of the hippie movement in Haight-Ashbury district within San Francisco during the summer of 1967. | ||||||
231 | 13 | "The Mormons (Part 1)"[11] | Helen Whitney | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | April 30, 2007 | |
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232 | 14 | "The Mormons (Part 2)" | Helen Whitney | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | May 1, 2007 | |
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233 | 15 | "Alexander Hamilton"[12] | Muffie Meyer | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 14, 2007 |
References
edit- ^ "American Experience | Eyes on the Prize". PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "American Experience | Test Tube Babies". PBS. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | The Great Fever". PBS. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | The Gold Rush". PBS. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^ "American Experience | The Berlin Airlift". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | The Living Weapon". PBS. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | New Orleans". PBS. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ "American Experience | Sister Aimee". PBS. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ "American Experience | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple". PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "American Experience | Summer of Love". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | The Mormons". PBS. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | Alexander Hamilton". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.