We Shall Remain: Cherokee Language
Harry Oosahwee, Cherokee language instructor at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, talks about the importance of using the Cherokee language in Trail of Tears.
We Shall Remain: Chris Eyre
Producing this five-part series took the hard work and collaboration of hundreds of people - from filmmakers and actors to historians and cultural advisors. Chris Eyre, Director of three episodes for We Shall Remain, discusses the complexity of Native American history.
We Shall Remain: R. David Edmunds
Producing this five-part series took the hard work and collaboration of hundreds of people - from filmmakers and actors to historians and cultural advisors. R. David Edmunds talks about the representation of Native Americans in the series.
We Shall Remain: Annawon Weeden
Producing this five-part series took the hard work and collaboration of hundreds of people - from filmmakers and actors to historians and cultural advisors. Annawon Weeden, a Mashpee Wampanoag, comments on the importance of the series.
We Shall Remain: Wardrobe and Makeup
Cassius Spears, a cultural educator for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, describes the process that he went through working with the prop, wardrobe and make-up departments to prepare for the After the Mayflower shoot.
We Shall Remain: Nipmuc Language
David Tall Pine White, in costume for a scene depicting a meeting between King Philip and Rhode Island deputy governor John Easton, explains his role as language consultant. White also acts in the film. Though not a professional actor, he appears in a variety of scenes, including one in which he was wearing full war paint.
We Shall Remain: Shirley K. Sneve
Producing this five-part series took the hard work and collaboration of hundreds of people - from filmmakers and actors to historians and cultural advisors. Shirley K. Sneve, the Executive in Charge for Native American Public Telecommunications, discusses the importance of the phrase "we shall remain."
We Shall Remain: Cassius Spears
Producing this five-part series took the hard work and collaboration of hundreds of people - from filmmakers and actors to historians and cultural advisors. Cassius Spears, cultural consultant for After the Mayflower, discusses what the phrase "we shall remain" means to him.
We Shall Remain: Wes Studi
Producing this five-part series took the hard work and collaboration of hundreds of people - from filmmakers and actors to historians and cultural advisors. Actor Wes Studi discusses the historical accuracy of the series.
Riding the Rails promo
At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America.
Hurricane of '38 Home Movies
Several families documented the destruction wrought by the Hurricane of '38 with their home movie cameras. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE acquired home movies from three families.
Hurricane of '38 Preview
As the storm made its way across the Atlantic and up the eastern seaboard, there was little warning. Radar had not been invented. The National Weather Bureau predicted it would blow itself out at North Carolina, but it didn't. No one had ever seen a storm like this.
Into the Deep Whale Vocalizations
Acoustic recordings of whale vocalizations. Hear the sounds of humpbacks, rights and sperm whales.
Producer Interview: Ric Burns
Into the Deep producer talks about life on the set of America, Whaling & the World. Hear more about Burns' background and other films he has produced for American Experience.
Author Interview: Nat Philbrick
Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, talks about his interest in the whaleship Essex and the history of whaling on Nantucket. Hear more about Philbrick's historical interests and other works he has written.
Into the Deep preview
The history of the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift-and-shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.
They Didn't Treat Us As A Man
The call of sanitation workers for fair treatment drew Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis.
Enablers of Racial Violence
Whites willing to resort to racist violence found encouragement from high profile figures.
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