The American future: a history

After 9/11, after Katrina, Enron and Baghdad, the robustness of American optimism is struggling to reassert itself against the sobering reality of military frustration and domestic anxieties. This is an America grappling with an un-American sense of its own limits. Turning to fascinating moments in...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [United States] BBC Video [2009]
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Zusammenfassung:After 9/11, after Katrina, Enron and Baghdad, the robustness of American optimism is struggling to reassert itself against the sobering reality of military frustration and domestic anxieties. This is an America grappling with an un-American sense of its own limits. Turning to fascinating moments in American history to understand the present, connecting legendary presences such as Thomas Jefferson, Henry Ford, and others with contemporary soldiers, businessmen, truckers and politicians. The United States, past and present, facing its moment of truth
Beschreibung:DVD-5 ; NTSC; Widescreen (16:9 enhanced) ; Dolby Digital stereo. - Title from container. - Documentary. - Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2008. - Special features: special introduction by Simon Schama filmed on Nov. 5, 2008, where he discusses why he chose to do this project, how the presidential election has inspired him and how America is once again reinventing itself; photo gallery
Written and presented by Simon Schama ; produced and directed by Sam Hobkinson & Ricardo Pollack; Composer: Andy Cowton
Beschreibung:2 videodiscs (240 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in