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Nazi Town, USA

Aired January 23, 2024 | 53 min

Nazi Town, USA tells the unknown story of the German American Bund, a 1930s pro-Nazi group with chapters in suburbs and big cities across the country. Many believe the Bund represented a real threat of fascist subversion in the U.S.

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Nazi Town, USA (español)

Aired July 8, 2025

Nazi Town, USA cuenta la desconocida historia del Bund, la Federación Germano-Americana, un grupo pronazi de la década de 1930 con divisiones en suburbios y ciudades por todo el país. Muchos creen que el Bund representaba una amenaza real de subversión fascista en Estados Unidos.

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The War on Disco

Aired October 30, 2023 | 53 min

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 War on Disco (español)

Aired October 30, 2023 | 53 min

La guerra contra la música disco explora la guerra cultural que estalló por el auge de la música disco. La hostilidad llegó a un punto crítico el 12 de julio de 1979 durante un partido de béisbol en Chicago, cuando la “Noche de la demolición de la música disco” terminó en disturbios liderados por fanáticos del rock.

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The Movement and the “Madman”

Aired March 28, 2023 | 93 min

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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The Movement and the “Madman” (español)

Aired March 28, 2023 | 93 min

Descubra la historia de cómo se enfrentaron el presidente Nixon y el movimiento contra la guerra en 1969. Contada a través de relatos de primera mano, la película revela cómo los líderes del movimiento movilizaron a grupos dispares para crear dos protestas masivas que cambiaron la historia.

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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Aired March 30, 2021 | 113 min

In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.

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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (español)

Aired March 30, 2021 | 113 min

In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.

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The Vote

Aired October 28, 2023 | 3 hrs 46 min

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.

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Woodstock

Aired August 6, 2019 | 120 min

In August, 1969, half a million people from all walks of life and every corner of the country converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York. They came to hear the concert of their lives, but most experienced something far more profound: a moment that would change them and the country forever, and define a cultural revolution.

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Chasing the Moon

Aired July 10, 2019 | 5 hrs 36 min

Nearly 50 years ago, we took one small step. In 2019, join American Experience and PBS to relive the journey that defined a generation.

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The Eugenics Crusade

Aired October 16, 2018 | 114 min

The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– campaign to breed a “better” American race, tracing the rise of the movement that turned the fledgling science of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control.

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