Premieres Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland to ensure the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct.
American Experience Voice of FreedomTuesday, December 21, 2021 on WOUBFilm Explores the Life and Legacy of Singer Marian Anderson and Her Triumphant 1939 Concert at the Lincoln Memorial Am
Friday, February 26, 2021 on PBS
Film Explores the Life and Legacy of Singer Marian Anderson and Her Triumphant 1939 Concert at the Lincoln Memorial
American Experience presents
Voice of Freedom, a new documentary about singer Marian Anderson, whose talent broke down barriers around the world. Hailed as a voice that “comes around once in 100 years” and widely celebrated by both white and Black audiences at home, her fame wasn’t enough to insulate her from the indignities and trauma of racism and segregation. On Easter Sunday, 1939, she stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument behind her were the words “all men are created equal.” Barred from performing in Constitution Hall because of her race, Anderson would sing for the American people in the open air. Narrated by Renée Elise Goldsberry (
Produced by Rob Rapley and executive produced by Cameo George, Voice of Freedom premieres Monday, February 15, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.