AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is pleased to present a film preview and discussion of our upcoming film, The American Vice President. The event will feature an extended clip from the film and a panel discussion with filmmakers and participants.
Click this link to join: https://wgbh.zoom.us/j/99844801974
Featured guests include:
Michelle Ferrari is the writer, producer, and director of The American Vice President. She has been creating innovative, critically-acclaimed documentaries for more than two decades. Her work has been seen on PBS, HBO, and at film festivals nationwide, and has garnered honors from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Writers Guild of America, among many other organizations. A frequent contributor to American Experience, her numerous credits include Peabody Award -nominee The Vote, The Eugenics Crusade, Rachel Carson, and Seabiscuit.
James E. Hite is author of Second Best: The Rise of the American Vice Presidency.
The discussion will be moderated by Cameo George, executive producer of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. George is an Emmy Award-winning producer, writer and journalist with more than 20 years of experience in documentary, broadcast television and digital content production. George has produced, developed and commissioned innovative programming at CNN, NBC News and ABC News.
About the film: The American Vice President explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken and then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
