The Lie Detector

January 3, 2023

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American Experience - S35 - E1

Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. A tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.

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American Experience: Season 35 - 9 Episode s

35x1 - The Lie Detector
January 3, 2023
Discover the story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern police work, seized headlines and was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. A tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.
35x2 - Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
January 17, 2023
Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.
35x3 - Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
February 20, 2023
Monopoly is America’s favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. But behind the myth of the game’s creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing.
35x4 - The Movement and the "Madman"
March 28, 2023
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.
35x5 - The Sun Queen
April 4, 2023
Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.
35x6 - Casa Susanna
June 27, 2023
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.
35x7 - The Busing Battleground
September 11, 2023
The Busing Battleground viscerally captures the class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order.
35x8 - The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
September 12, 2023
When the Supreme Court issued an order to fully and immediately desegregate schools in October 1969, Leland Mississippi finally met the demand put forth in the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision. In the fall of 1970, a group of children entered school as part of the first class of Black and white students who would attend all 12 grades together.
35x9 - The War on Disco
October 30, 2023
The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of Disco music. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot led by rock fans broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” during a baseball game in Chicago

35x1 - The Lie Detector

35x2 - Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

35x3 - Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

35x4 - The Movement and the "Madman"

35x5 - The Sun Queen

35x6 - Casa Susanna

35x7 - The Busing Battleground

35x8 - The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

35x9 - The War on Disco

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