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  Freedom Summer (español)

  Un histórico esfuerzo en el verano de 1964 por destrozar los cimientos de la supremacía blanca en lo que era uno de los estados más agresivamente racistas y segregados del país.

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  Freedom Summer @ 50

  They all went to Mississippi in 1964 for different reasons—some were already there. But they all had a common goal: to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation's most segregated states.

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  Casa Susanna

  In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves.

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  The Movement and the “Madman”

  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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  George H.W. Bush

  The life and career of our 41st president, from his service in World War II to the Oval Office, and his role as the patriarch of a political family whose influence is unequaled in modern American life.

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  The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

  Explore what happened when the small Mississippi town of Leland integrated its public schools in 1970. Told through the remembrances of students, teachers and parents, the film shows how the town – and America – were transformed.

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  Kinsey

  This probing documentary assesses Kinsey's remarkable achievements, while examining how his personal life shaped his career.

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  American Comandante

  American comandante William Morgan went to Cuba to help Fidel Castro return the country to a democracy. Instead, four years later, he was executed.

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  Woodstock

  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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  Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided

  The six-part story of a frontiersman farmer and a wealthy Confederate slave-owner's daughter.

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  Goin' Back To T-Town

  Revisit a thriving Black community in Tulsa, which rebuilt after a 1921 racially-motivated massacre.

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  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  Long before Paul Newman and Robert Redford immortalized them on screen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid captivated Americans from coast to coast.

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  Triangle Fire

  It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history.

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  Hoover Dam

  During the Great Depression, Americans built the Hoover Dam, overcoming technical challenges to erect one of the greatest engineering works in history.

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  Bataan Rescue

  In late 1941, tens of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers fought a desperate battle to defend the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines from the Japanese. When they lost, they were marched to prison camps in sweltering heat through a mosquito-infested jungle with little or no food or water. Many thousands died along the way.

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  Soundtrack for a Revolution

  The story of the American civil rights movement is told through its powerful music -- the freedom songs that protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in police wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality.

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  Panama Canal

  In 1914, the Panama Canal connected the world’s two largest oceans. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded where the French had failed disastrously, but the U.S. paid a price for victory.

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  George W. Bush

  The latest in our award-winning series of presidential biographies, this film looks at the life and presidency of George W. Bush, from his unorthodox road to the presidency to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the myriad of challenges he faced over his two terms, from the war in Iraq to the 2008 financial crisis.

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  Lindbergh

  At 25, Charles A. Lindbergh — handsome, talented, and brave — arrived in Paris, the first man to fly across the Atlantic. But the struggle to wear the mantle of legend would be a consuming one. Crowds pursued him, reporters invaded his private life. His marriage, travels with his wife and the kidnapping and murder of their first child were all fodder for the front page.

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  American Experience | America and the Holocaust

  Complex social and political factors shaped America's response to the Holocaust, from "Kristallnacht" in 1938 through the liberation of the death camps in 1945. For a short time, the US had an opportunity to open its doors, but instead erected a "paper wall," a bureaucratic maze that prevented all but a few Jewish refugees from entering the country. It was not until 1944, that a small band of Treasury Department employees forced the government to respond.