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The American Experiment

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Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. This sweeping historical documentary series traces how the ideals of America's founders gave rise to a nation.

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Season 12026
7.334556h 9m
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this historical documentary reexamines the improbable achievement that was the nation's founding, and the radical question at the center of the American Revolution: Can a people govern themselves?
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Freedom7.1
8977 min
▶2Tyranny, Like Hell, Is Not Easily Conquered7.5
6966 min
▶3The United States Are Not United7.3
6472 min
▶4We the People7.3
6470 min
▶5Washington's Warning7.2
5984 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Martin Sheen Self - Narrator
Tom Nichols Self - Professor Emeritus of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College
Douglas Bradburn Self - President and CEO, George Washington's Mount Vernon
Lindsay M. Chervinsky Self - Executive Director, The George Washington Presidential Library
Maya Jasanoff Self - Author, Liberty's Exiles, Self - Professor of History, Harvard University
Joanne Freeman Self - Author, Affairs of Honor, Self - Editor, The Essential Hamilton
Alexis Coe Self - American History Columnist, The New York Times
Yuval Levin Self - Author, American Covenant
Hillary Clinton Self - Former Secretary of State (D), Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State (D)
Mike Pence Self - Former Vice President (R)

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