American Experience (season 27)

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 11
Release
Original network PBS
Original release January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06) – November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24)
List of American Experience episodes

Season twenty-seven of the television program American Experience originally aired on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States on January 6, 2015 and concluded on November 24, 2015.[1]

Episodes

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See also: List of American Experience episodes
No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Categories Original air date
298 1 "Ripley: Believe It or Not"[3] Cathleen O'Connell Biographies, Popular Culture January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)
A documentary about the origin of the franchise Ripley's Believe It or Not! and its founder Robert Ripley.[2]
299 2 "Klansville U.S.A."[5] Callie Wiser Civil Rights, Politics January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)
Chronicles the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina during the 1960s in the United States under the leadership of Bob Jones. The film is in part based on the book, Klansville, U.S.A., by David Cunningham.[4]
300 3 "Edison"[7] Michelle Ferrari Biographies, Technology January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)
Chronicles the life and inventions of Thomas Edison.[6]
301 4 "The Big Burn"[9] Stephen Ives The American West February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)
Examines the Great Fire of 1910, the largest forest fire in United States history. The fire burned parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana over the course of two days. The film is in part based on the book, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, by Timothy Egan.[8]
302 5 "The Forgotten Plague"[12] Chana Gazit Popular Culture, Technology February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)
Examines the impact of the infectious disease tuberculosis in the United States immediately prior to the discovery of an effective treatment and during the search for a cure. The film is in part based on the book, Living In The Shadow Of Death, by Sheila Rothman.[10][11]
303 6 "Last Days in Vietnam"[14] Rory Kennedy Politics, War April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
Chronicles the chaotic evacuation of United States military personnel, American diplomats, and panicked South Vietnamese in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.[13]
304 7 "Blackout"[16] Callie T. Wiser Popular Culture July 14, 2015 (2015-07-14)
A documentary about the New York City blackout of 1977.[15]
305 8 "Walt Disney (Part 1)"[18] Sarah Colt Biographies September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)
Part one of the documentary about the origin of The Walt Disney Company and its co-founder Walt Disney.[17]
306 9 "Walt Disney (Part 2)" Sarah Colt Biographies September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)
Part two of the documentary about the origin of The Walt Disney Company and its co-founder Walt Disney.
307 10 "American Comandante"[20] Adriana Bosch Biographies, Politics, War November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17)
A documentary about the life of William Alexander Morgan, an American citizen that fought in the Cuban Revolution and served as a commandante alongside Fidel Castro.[19]
308 11 "The Pilgrims"[22] Ric Burns Biographies, Native American History November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24)
A documentary about William Bradford and the Pilgrims, a small group of religious separatists that established one of the earliest English colonies in North America.[21]

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