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American Experience: New York: A Documentary Film by Ric Burns DVD 8PK

8 DVD Set

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An elegant, lyrical and compelling portrait of the greatest and most complex of cities. This definitive series chronicles the history of New York from its founding in 1624 as a Dutch trading post to its continuing pre-eminence as the cultural and economic capital of the world.

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Features:

  • Length: 1050 minutes on 8 Discs
  • Closed Captioned: Yes
  • Stereo: Yes
  • Color: Yes
  • Number of Programs: 8
  • Subtitles: No
  • Production Year: 2003
  • Country Of Origin: United States

Episode Details:

This revealing portrait of the Big Apple--with reflections by artists, writers, architects, politicians, directors, and historians--will deepen students' understanding of immigration and citizenship, the distribution of wealth, the 9/11 recovery efforts, and the meaning of being an American. No other American city embodies the successes and shortcomings of our great democratic experiment quite like New York. Ric Burns' Emmy Award-winning series traces the city's 400-year history, including the events leading up to and following September 11, 2001.
Downloadable Teacher's Guides are available online covering key themes including governance, public health and other reforms, culture and public policy, immigration and race, and economic life. Students can use what they learn about New York as a starting point for finding out more about their own community.
For additional information visit: pbs.org/wnet/newyork/

Features

  • Winner, Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming: Long Form
  • Winner, Alfred I. DuPont Award
  • Archival Motion Pictures
  • Interview with Ric Burns on making The Center of the World
  • Film outtakes including interviews with Martin Scorsese, Donald Trump, Allen Ginsberg, Fran Liebowitz, Robert Caro, Mario Cuomo and others
  • Charlie Rose interview with Ric Burns and Original Trailer
  • Episodes include:
    1609-1825 The Country and the City
    1825-1865 Order and Disorder
    1865-1898 Sunshine and Shadow
    1898-1918 The Power and the People
    1919-1931 Cosmopolis
    1929-1941 City of Tomorrow
    1945-2000 The City and the World
    1946-2003 The Center of the World