Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
The dramatic and inspiring story of ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
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.
Extras + Features
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Trailer | Billy Graham
S33 E5 - 30s
Explore the life of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century. An international celebrity by age 30, Billy Graham built a media empire, preached to millions worldwide, and had the ear of tycoons, presidents and royalty.
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Chapter 1 | Billy Graham
S33 E5 - 9m 58s
Billy Graham explores the life and career of one of the best-known and most influential religious leaders of the 20th century.
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Billy Graham: American Evangelist
S33 E5 - 1m 14s
William Franklin Graham, Jr., an American evangelist and preacher was born on November 7, 1918 in rural North Carolina. In 1934, Graham attended a traveling revival meeting and had a religious experience.
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Extended Trailer | Billy Graham
S33 E5 - 2m 8s
An international celebrity by age 30, Billy Graham built a media empire, preached to millions worldwide, and had the ear of tycoons, presidents and royalty.
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Billy Graham Crusades
S33 E5 - 1m 14s
The first Billy Graham crusade was held in 1947 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By some estimates, Graham reached more than 210 million people in over 185 countries.
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L. Frank Baum
S33 E4 - 1m 15s
L. Frank Baum was an American actor, businessman and writer. He published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 that became a best-seller, a theater smash hit and a film classic.
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Chapter 1 | American Oz
S33 E4 - 9m 40s
By 1900, when The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published, L. Frank Baum was 44 years old and had spent much of his life in restless pursuit of success.
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Trailer | American Oz
S33 E4 - 30s
By 1900, when The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published, L. Frank Baum was 44 years old and had spent much of his life in restless pursuit of success.
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Extended Trailer | American Oz
S33 E4 - 1m 50s
Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives. By 1900, when The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published, Baum was 44 years old and had spent much of his life in restless pursuit of success.
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Matilda Joslyn Gage
S33 E4 - 1m 15s
Matilda Joslyn Gage cofounded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony. Matilda’s daughter, Maud Gage married L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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The War at Home
S33 E3 - 7m 53s
Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier shot by a bus driver in 1944 for resisting his order to move to the back of the bus in Durham, N.C.
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Judge Julius Waties Waring
S33 E3 - 1m 7s
Julius Waties Waring presided over the trial of a white police chief who brutally beat and blinded Black soldier Isaac Woodard in 1946. He became an unexpected civil rights champion with rulings on several pivotal cases in the 1940s.
Schedule
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American Experience
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Friday
Apr 26
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The 1970s Love Canal disaster and how the battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the federal Superfund program. -
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American Experience
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Saturday
Apr 27
2 Hours
The 1970s Love Canal disaster and how the battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the federal Superfund program. -
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American Experience
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Saturday
Apr 27
2 Hours
The 1970s Love Canal disaster and how the battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the federal Superfund program. -
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American Experience
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Saturday
Apr 27
2 Hours
The 1970s Love Canal disaster and how the battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the federal Superfund program. -
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American Experience
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Saturday
Apr 27
2 Hours
The 1970s Love Canal disaster and how the battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the federal Superfund program. -
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American Experience
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
Saturday
Apr 27
2 Hours
The 1970s Love Canal disaster and how the battle for justice, led mostly by women, created the basis for the federal Superfund program.
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