Episodes
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Part 2 |Citizen Hearst | American Experience
S33 E44 - 1h 52m
William Randolph Hearst continued his rise to power and expansion into Hollywood. The model for Citizen Kane, he had a decades-long affair with actress Marion Davies, built an enormous castle at San Simeon, and forever transformed modern media.
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Part 1 |Citizen Hearst | American Experience
S33 E43 - 1h 50m
William Randolph Hearst builds the nation’s largest media empire by the 1930s. Born into one of America’s wealthiest families, he used his outlets to achieve unprecedented political power, then ran for office himself.
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Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
S33 E6 - 1h 51m
Discover the story of the Supreme Court’s first female justice. A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, Sandra Day O'Connor was the deciding vote in cases on some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues—including race, gender and reproductive rights.
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Billy Graham
S33 E5 - 1h 51m
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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American Oz
S33 E4 - 1h 52m
Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum never lost his childlike sense of wonder and eventually crafted his observations into a magical tale of survival, adventure and self-discovery, reinterpreted through the generations in films, books and musicals.
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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard, Spanish
S33 E42 - 1h 52m
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
S33 E3 - 1h 52m
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.
Extras + Features
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Chapter 1 | Citizen Hearst, Part 2
S33 E44 - 9m 45s
William Randolph Hearst’s media empire included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations and 13 magazines.
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Millicent Hearst
S33 E43 - 1m 18s
Millicent Hearst was married to the media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. She met W.R. in New York City in 1896, when he was 33 and she was a 16-year-old showgirl.
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Trailer | Citizen Hearst
S33 E43 - 1m 45s
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst. The model for Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane, he controlled a vast media empire, wielded unprecedented power and influence, and forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.
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Joseph Pulitzer
S33 E43 - 1m 18s
Joseph Pulitzer was a newspaper editor and publisher. In 1883 he moved to New York City, where he purchased The New York World.
The World became the most popular newspaper at the time, printing a quarter million copies on weekday mornings. -
Yellow Journalism
S33 E43 - 7m 38s
On the evening of February 15, 1898, a massive explosion tore through the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba. The explosion sank the vessel, killed over 260 sailors and shocked the American public. Days later, William Randolph Heart’s newspaper, The New York Journal, ran a sensational headline.
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Marion Davies
S33 E43 - 1m 18s
Marion Davies was the mistress of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Hearst used his influence and wealth to launch a film career for Davies.
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Chapter 1 | Citizen Hearst, Part 1
S33 E43 - 9m 52s
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane.
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William Randolph Hearst
S33 E43 - 1m 18s
William Randolph Hearst believed he was not reporting history but was instead creating it. By the end of the 1920s, Hearst owned newspapers in almost every major city, as well as magazines and even radio stations.
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Trailer | Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
S33 E6 - 2m 20s
The Supreme Court’s first female justice, Sandra Day O'Connor. A pioneer who both reflected and shaped an era, she was the deciding vote in cases on some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues—including race, gender and reproductive rights.
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Sandra Day O’Connor: First Woman on the Supreme Court
S33 E6 - 1m 10s
During the 1980 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan promised to nominate the first woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. He made good on that promise in 1981, when he announced Sandra Day O’Connor’s nomination.
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Chapter 1 | Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
S33 E6 - 9m 24s
Discover the story of the Supreme Court’s first female justice.
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Last Days in Afghanistan
S33 - 10m 26s
In this exclusive conversation, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s executive producer Cameo George speaks with the acclaimed filmmaker about the parallels between the 1975 evacuation of Vietnam and the recent American withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the lessons that America’s history in Vietnam offer today.
Schedule
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American Experience
The Vote
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Mar 29
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
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American Experience
The Vote
Friday
Mar 29
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
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American Experience
The Cancer Detectives
Friday
Mar 29
1 Hour
The fight against cervical cancer and three people whose work helped slash death rates from the disease by more than 60 percent. -
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American Experience
The Cancer Detectives
Friday
Mar 29
1 Hour
The fight against cervical cancer and three people whose work helped slash death rates from the disease by more than 60 percent. -
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American Experience
The Cancer Detectives
Saturday
Mar 30
1 Hour
The fight against cervical cancer and three people whose work helped slash death rates from the disease by more than 60 percent. -
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American Experience
The Cancer Detectives
Saturday
Mar 30
1 Hour
The fight against cervical cancer and three people whose work helped slash death rates from the disease by more than 60 percent. -
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American Experience
The Vote
Saturday
Mar 30
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
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American Experience
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Saturday
Mar 30
2 Hours
Author Zora Neale Hurston's anthropological work challenges assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had been defined by the field in the 19th century. -
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American Experience
The Vote
Saturday
Mar 30
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
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American Experience
The Cancer Detectives
Saturday
Mar 30
1 Hour
The fight against cervical cancer and three people whose work helped slash death rates from the disease by more than 60 percent. -
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American Experience
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Sunday
Mar 31
2 Hours
Author Zora Neale Hurston's anthropological work challenges assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had been defined by the field in the 19th century. -
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American Experience
The Vote
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
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American Experience
The Vote
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
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American Experience
The Cancer Detectives
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The fight against cervical cancer and three people whose work helped slash death rates from the disease by more than 60 percent. -
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American Experience
The Cancer Detectives
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The fight against cervical cancer and three people whose work helped slash death rates from the disease by more than 60 percent. -
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American Experience
The Vote
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
Image
American Experience
The Vote
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
Image
American Experience
The Vote
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
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American Experience
The Vote
Sunday
Mar 31
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. -
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American Experience
The Vote
Monday
Apr 1
1 Hour
The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.
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