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This week, tune in for a classic documentaries about American history from American Experience and Ken Burns. Plus, NOVA investigates the secrets of Leonardo da Vinci.
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American Experience | Nixon
Decades after his death, Richard Nixon inspires divided passions in America. Nixon was a self-made man who rose from modest Quaker beginnings in California to the most powerful office in the world. Admired and reviled, loved and hated, the man and his life continue to fascinate us.
This classic American Experience documentary about President Richard Nixon originally aired in 1990.
TUNE IN
Tune in Tuesday, September 2, at 7pm, with a repeat on Sunday, September 7, at Noon.
NOVA | Decoding da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders, and robots.
With the help of biographer Walter Isaacson, NOVA investigates the secrets of Leonardo’s success. How did his scientific curiosity, from dissections of cadavers to studies of optics, shape his genius and help him create perhaps the most famous painting of all time, the "Mona Lisa"?
TUNE IN
Tune in Wednesday, September 3, at 8pm.
STREAM
Stream on the PBS app and online.
Prohibition | Episode 1: Nation of Drunkards
First premiering in 2011, Prohibitionis a three-part documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed.
The first episode, airing this week, tells the story of Prohibition's rise and fall — going far beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, flappers, and speakeasies — revealing a complicated and divided nation in the throes of momentous transformation.
TUNE IN
Tune in for Episode 1 on Friday, September 5, at 8pm. Episodes 2 and 3 will air on consecutive Fridays at the same time.