Special Features
- Preview: Earth Days Preview
- Interview: Barry Commoner
- Timeline: The Modern Environmental Movement
- Further Reading: Related Books and Websites
- Bonus Video: Soylent Green Trailer
- Bonus Video: PBS Newshour Conversation on Earth Days
The inspiring story of the modern environmental movement.
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Do you remember the first Earth Day in 1970? When did you first become aware of environmental issues in your community or in your life? Share your story with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Picks Up Another International Prize
This week the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE staff received word that Earth Days had been awarded the Maeda Prize in theJapan Prize awards honoring international educational media. You can visit the awards website here. Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), Japan’s national public broadcaster, hosts the Japan Prize awards, which have been held annually since 1965.
This isn’t our first film in the past year to gain international acclaim. In November, The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer will vie for a Grierson Award for “Best Science Documentary.” The documentary was broadcast in the UK on BBC 4 in 2009, shortly after it aired on PBS. Similarly, other AMERICAN EXPERIENCE programs have enjoyed extensive exposure overseas airing on the BBC and Channel 4 in the UK, RTE in Ireland, Arte in France and Germany, the ARD and Spiegel TV in Germany,Sveriges Television in Sweden, NRK Norway, YLE Finland, DR in Denmark, RAI in Italy, TVE and TV3 in Spain, NHK in Japan,EBS in Korea, SBS and ABC in Australia to name a few. So what explains AMERICAN EXPERIENCE appeal to overseas audiences?
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
In 1978 over 900 people led by Rev. Jim Jones died in the largest mass murder-suicide in history, at Jonestown, Guyana.
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Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory
In the decade after the Civil War, former slaves sing their way into a nation's heart with spirituals, the religious anthems of slavery.
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Demon Rum
Prohibition's effect on Detroit, Michigan, the first major American city to "go dry," and the growth of the liquor smuggling industry.
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Summer of Love
In 1967, thousands of hippies flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district.
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The Alaska Pipeline
Native Alaskans, oil company representatives, environmentalists, politicians, and others tell the story of the 800-mile pipeline.
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U.S. Grant: Warrior
A revealing portrait of one of America's most paradoxical leaders.
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The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
A look at five real-life "Rosies," the reality of working in defense plants during World War II and then having to give up those jobs for returning GIs.
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The Civilian Conservation Corps
The New Deal program CCC put three million young men to work in camps across America.
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