American Experience
Season 12 Episode 3 - New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
"Sunshine and Shadow: 1865-1898" During the Gilded Age, New York "was home to the greatest concentration of wealth in human history," says narrator David Ogden Stiers. And, he adds, "the greatest concentration of poverty." This episode surveys that dichotomy, from Fifth Avenue mansions to slums documented by Jacob Riis in "How the Other Half Lives." Also recalled: the fall of William H. "Boss" Tweed ("he took a fall for the system," claims Pete Hamill).
Episodes in Season 12
1
New York (1): The Country and the City
55 min
2
New York (2): Order and Disorder
55 min
3
New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow
55 min
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4
New York (4): The Power and the People
55 min
5
New York (5): Cosmopolis
55 min
6
Eleanor Roosevelt
55 min
7
Houdini
55 min
8
Nixon's China Game
55 min
9
The Duel
55 min
10
John Brown's Holy War
55 min
11
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1)
55 min
12
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2)
55 min
13
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory
55 min
14
Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life
55 min
15
The Wizard of Photography
55 min
