american dream
Miss Wonton
Miss Wonton begins with the arrival of a young Chinese immigrant, Ah Na (Amy Ting), to her new place of work, the Buddha’s Happiness in New York. At Buddha’s Happiness, she meets other immigrant workersand [...]
America The Story of Us: BOOM
Americans conquer a new frontier, the modern city, with Carnegie’s empire of steel as its backbone. Skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty are symbols of the American dream for millions of immigrants. The discovery of [...]
Off The Grid: Life On The Mesa
Twenty-Five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of eco-pioneers, teenage runaways, war veterans and drop-outs, live on the fringe and off the grid, struggling to survive with little food, [...]
Hell's Angels
Called the “underside of the American dream” and “an American nightmare,” the Hell’s Angels have been fixtures in American culture since 1948. Yet their role remains unclear: are they libertines or criminals? THE HISTORY CHANNEL® [...]
Collector's Choice: The Real Las Vegas SET
It’s a city that’s larger than life. A city without limits. A glittering mecca of excess and forbidden desires. THE REAL LAS VEGAS tells the fascinating story of this fabled city and the people who [...]
The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby is a man possessed–driven by greed, ambition and, most of all, an unwavering desire for a woman he met before the Great War, when he was poor and she was unobtainable… F. Scott [...]
Con Man
Mesmerizing and provocative, CON MAN explores the remarkable life of James Arthur Hogue, a brilliant impostor who embraced the American art of self-invention, fabricated a spectacular series of fictional identities for himself, and successfully conned [...]
