American Experience (season 17)

American Experience (season 17)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	11
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	October 4, 2004 – May 23, 2005

Season seventeen of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on October 4, 2004 and concluded on May 23, 2005. The season contained 11 episodes and began with the film RFK.

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
195	1	"RFK"[1]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics	October 4, 2004
196	2	"The Fight"[2]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture	October 18, 2004
The film chronicles the boxing matches between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.
197	3	"Fidel Castro"[3]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies	January 31, 2005
198	4	"Building the Alaska Highway"[4]	Tracy Heather Strain	Technology, War	February 7, 2005
199	5	"Kinsey"[5]	Barak Goodman & John Maggio	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 14, 2005
200	6	"Mary Pickford"[6]	Sue Williams	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 4, 2005
201	7	"The Great Transatlantic Cable"[7]	Peter Jones	Technology	April 11, 2005
202	8	"The Massie Affair"[8]	Mark Zwonitzer	Popular Culture	April 18, 2005
203	9	"Victory in the Pacific"[9]	Austin Hoyt	War	May 2, 2005
204	10	"The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken"[10]	Kathy Conkwright	Biographies, Popular Culture	May 9, 2005
Recounts the successes and failures of the Carter Family, the first vocal group to become country music stars, and the founding member A. P. Carter and his singing partners during the Great Depression.
205	11	"Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst"[11]	Robert Stone	Politics, Popular Culture	May 23, 2005

References

1. "American Experience | RFK". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
2. "American Experience | The Fight". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
3. "American Experience | Fidel Castro". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
4. "American Experience | Building the Alaska Highway". PBS. November 20, 1942. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
5. "American Experience | Kinsey". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
6. "American Experience | Mary Pickford". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
7. "American Experience | The Great Transatlantic Cable". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
8. "American Experience | The Massie Affair". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
9. "American Experience | Victory in the Pacific". PBS. June 6, 1944. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
10. "American Experience | The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
11. "American Experience | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.