Doris Kearns Goodwin

The true story of America's iconic 16th president is told by weaving together both scripted dramatizations of important moments in his life and commentary by authoritative historians and public figures.

The true story of America's iconic 16th president is told by weaving together both scripted dramatizations of important moments in his life and commentary by authoritative historians and public figures.

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

Before they led America through national crises, Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson were all transformed by personal trauma. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin reveals the all too human men who became legends.

Three-year-old Monique Corzilius counts to 10, pulling petals from a daisy. A voice from mission control then counts down as the camera zooms into Monique's dark pupil. An atomic blast and ensuing mushroom cloud consumes the TV screen as President Lyndon Johnson's voice proclaims "We must either love each other, or we must die." This political ad, “Peace Little Girl,” aired only once or twice during the 1964 presidential campaign between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater, but it ushered in a new era of the television attack ad. The 1964 campaign also reshaped the American political landscape in other significant ways. Johnson's "Great Society" and civil rights agendas pushed southern states toward the Republican Party and brought the northeast in line with the Democrats, creating America's contemporary geopolitical map of red and blue states.

미연방 역사상 가장 아픈 상처로 기억될 남북전쟁. 그 사이에 노예제도가 있었다. 모든 인간은 자유로워야 한다고 믿는 링컨은 전쟁이 끝나는 순간 노예제 폐지 역시 물거품이 될 것이라 확신하고 전쟁 종결 이전에 헌법 13조 수정안을 통과시키려 한다. 하지만 수정안 통과까지 20표만을 남겨놓은 상황에서 남부군으로부터 평화제의가 들어온다. 전장에서 흘리게 될 수많은 젊은 장병들의 목숨, 그리고 앞으로 태어날 모든 인류의 자유. 그 무엇도 포기할 수 없는 링컨에게 위대한 결단의 순간만이 남아 있는데…