Actions for American experience. The circus. Part one

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

American experience. The circus. Part one / written, produced and directed by Sharon Grimberg ; a Winter Pink Films production for American experience ; WGBH

Additional Titles
Circus
Published
Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2018.
Physical Description
1 online resource (112 minutes)
Additional Creators
Grimberg, Sharon, Murphy, Michael, 1938-, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), and Winter Pink Films
Access Online

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Language Note
In English.
Summary
American Experience: The Circus. This four-hour mini-series tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive, The Circus follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country. For many Americans, the circus embodied the improbable and the impossible, the exotic and the spectacular. Through the intertwined stories of several of the most innovative and influential impresarios of the late nineteenth century, this series reveals the circus was a uniquely American entertainment created by a rapidly expanding and industrializing nation; that it embraced and was made possible by Western imperialism; that its history was shaped by a tension between its unconventional entertainments and prevailing standards of respectability; and that its promise for ordinary people was the possibility for personal reinvention. Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, The Circus brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town, its stars were among the most famous people in the country, and multitudes of Americans gathered to see the improbable and the impossible, the exotic and the spectacular.
Subject(s)
Genre(s)
Duration
["01:51:44"]
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Note
Title from resource description page (viewed August 02, 2019).
Creation/Production Credits Note
Directors of photography, Jason Longo, Stephen McCarthy ; editors, Jon Neuberger, Mark Dugas ; original music, Gary Lionelli, Nathan Halpern.
Participant/Performer Note
Narrator, Michael Murphy.
Data/Place of Event
Originally broadcast by PBS October 8-9, 2018.
View MARC record | catkey: 28619351