American Experience (1988 – ...)

1988 • 38 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG

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Episode 1 — New York (8): The Center of the World

Name: Episode 1 — New York (8): The Center of the World
Released: 2003-09-08
Duration: 55 min

Season 16 • American Experience

Released: 2003-09-08 • Documentary

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Filmmaker Ric Burns adds a poignant postscript to his series "New York: A Documentary Film" with this chronicle of the World Trade Center's rise and fall. Burns recounts Sept. 11 wrenchingly, but he devotes more than half the film to the Center's rise. This isn't a pretty story: It's one of economic, political, architectural and engineering labyrinths. The result was a critical and commercial flop, though historian Kenneth Jackson says: "It's more important to history now that it's gone."

Episodes

Episode 1
New York (8): The Center of the World
2003-09-08

Episode 2
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (1): Revolution
2004-01-12

Episode 3
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2): Retreat
2004-01-13

Episode 4
Citizen King
2004-01-19

Episode 5
Remember the Alamo
2004-02-02

Episode 6
Tupperware!
2004-02-09

Episode 7
Emma Goldman
2004-04-12

Episode 8
Patriots Day
2004-04-19

Episode 9
Golden Gate Bridge
2004-05-03

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Episode air date	08.09.2003
Episode runtime	55 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	6.6
IMDb series rating	8.6
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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