American Experience
Season 16 Episode 1 - New York (8): The Center of the World
6.6 ?
1988
Documentary
Filmmaker Ric Burns adds a poignant postscript to his series "New York: A Documentary Film" with this chronicle of the World Trade Center's rise and fall. Burns recounts Sept. 11 wrenchingly, but he devotes more than half the film to the Center's rise. This isn't a pretty story: It's one of economic, political, architectural and engineering labyrinths. The result was a critical and commercial flop, though historian Kenneth Jackson says: "It's more important to history now that it's gone."
Episodes in Season 16
1
New York (8): The Center of the World
55 min
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2
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (1): Revolution
55 min
3
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2): Retreat
55 min
4
Citizen King
55 min
5
Remember the Alamo
55 min
6
Tupperware!
55 min
7
Emma Goldman
55 min
8
Patriots Day
55 min
9
Golden Gate Bridge
55 min
