American Experience (season 29)
American Experience (season 29) | |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Release | |
Original network | PBS |
Original release | January 10 – April 12, 2017 |
Season chronology | |
Season twenty-nine of the television program American Experience aired on the PBS network in the United States on January 10, 2017 and concluded on April 12, 2017. The season contained 8 new episodes and began with the film Command and Control.
Episodes
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
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319 | 1 | "Command and Control"[1] | Robert Kenner | Politics, Technology, The Natural Environment, War | January 10, 2017 |
The film chronicles the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion, part of a group of incidents known as "Broken Arrows", involving a warhead atop a LGM-25C Titan II missile near Damascus, Arkansas on September 18, 1980.[2] | |||||
320 | 2 | "Rachel Carson"[3] | Michelle Ferrari | Politics, Technology, The Natural Environment | January 24, 2017 |
The film recounts the life of Rachel Carson and the impact of her 1962 book Silent Spring that warned of the dangers of pesticides.[4] | |||||
321 | 3 | "The Race Underground"[5] | Michael Rossi | Politics, Technology | January 31, 2017 |
322 | 4 | "Oklahoma City"[6] | Barak Goodman | Politics | February 7, 2017 |
The film chronicles the Oklahoma City bombing that occurred on April 19, 1995. Timothy McVeigh with accomplice Terry Nichols detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people. The bombing would become the largest attack of domestic terrorism in United States history.[7] Awards and nominations: Creative Arts Emmy Award nomination for "Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking" at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017.[8] | |||||
323 | 5 | "Ruby Ridge"[9] | Barak Goodman | Politics | February 14, 2017 |
324 | 6 | "The Great War (Part 1)"[10] | Stephen Ives | Native American History, Politics, War | April 10, 2017 |
325 | 7 | "The Great War (Part 2)" | Amanda Pollak | Native American History, Politics, War | April 11, 2017 |
326 | 8 | "The Great War (Part 3)" | Rob Rapley | Native American History, Politics, War | April 12, 2017 |
References
- ↑ "American Experience | Command and Control". PBS. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ Jenkins, Mark (September 15, 2016). "In Chilling Documentary 'Command And Control,' A Nuclear Explosion Narrowly Avoided". NPR. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ↑ "American Experience | Rachel Carson". PBS. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ↑ Routhier, Ray (January 22, 2017). "Maine Environmentalist Rachel Carson Focus of PBS Documentary Airing Tuesday Night at 8". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "American Experience | The Race Underground". PBS. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ↑ "American Experience | Oklahoma City". PBS. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ↑ Kenigsberg, Ben (February 2, 2017). "Review: 'Oklahoma City' Recalls a Chilling Attack With Lessons for Today". New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ↑ "Awards & Nominations – Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking - 2017". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ↑ "American Experience | Ruby Ridge". PBS. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ↑ "American Experience | The Great War". PBS. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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