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Billy Graham

Aired May 17, 2021 | 113 min

Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century. An international celebrity by age 30, he built a media empire, preached to millions worldwide, and had the ear of tycoons, presidents and royalty.

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Ruby Ridge

Aired June 13, 2023 | 53 min

A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.

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Oklahoma City

Aired August 24, 2017 | 113 min

Explores how a series of deadly encounters between American citizens and federal law enforcement — including the standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco — led to the the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history.

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The Pilgrims

Aired November 19, 2020 | 114 min

The converging forces, circumstances, personalities and events that propelled a group of English men and women west across the Atlantic in 1620.

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The Amish: Shunned

Aired February 4, 2014

Follow seven former Amish who choose their freedom over their family

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Death and the Civil War

Aired September 18, 2012

The staggering death tolls of the Civil War permanently altered the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people.

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The Amish

Aired February 21, 2012

Their intense faith and strict adherence to 300-year-old traditions have by turn captivated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused America.

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God in America

Aired October 11, 2010

Inside the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America — from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and FRONTLINE. This six-hour series examines how religious dissidents helped shape the American concept of religious liberty and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation's courts and political arena.

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The Mormons

Aired April 30, 2007

A four-hour exploration into the richness, the complexities and the controversies of the Mormons' story as told through interviews with members of the church, leading writers and historians, and supporters and critics of the Mormon faith.

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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Aired April 9, 2007

In 1978 over 900 people led by Rev. Jim Jones died in the largest mass murder-suicide in history, at Jonestown, Guyana. The story is told by survivors, Temple defectors, relatives, and journalists.

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Monkey Trial

Aired February 17, 2002

In 1925, a biology teacher named John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee state law. His trial became an epic event of the twentieth century, a debate over free speech that spiraled into an all-out duel between science and religion.

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Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory

Aired November 19, 2019 | 53 min

In the chaotic decade following the Civil War, a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, set out on a mission to save their financially troubled school by giving concerts.

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