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America at a Crossroads(2007)

Documentary
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First Air Date: 2007-04-15
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 29

America at a Crossroads is a documentary miniseries concerning the issues facing the United States of America as related to the War on Terrorism. It aired originally on PBS television. The miniseries initially consisted of 11 independently produced aired episodes, and premiered April 15–20, 2007 on PBS. Its executive producers are Jeff Bieber and Dalton Delan; series producer is Leo Eaton and it is presented by Robert MacNeil. Its music score is composed by Canadian musician Mark Korven.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 20
E01
JIHAD: The Men and Ideas Behind Al Qaeda

Air Date: 2007-04-15

1h 0m

Eleven documentaries examining post-9/11 challenges around the world. First up: “JIHAD: The Men and Ideas Behind Al Q...

E02
Warriors

Air Date: 2007-04-15

1h 0m

“Warriors” details the daily lives of U.S. soldiers in and around Baghdad during 2005. Then, “Operation Homecoming: W...

E03
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Air Date: 2007-04-16

1h 0m

“Gangs of Iraq” examines the four-year effort to train Iraqi forces to “stand up”; and how the Coalition-trained Iraq...

E04
Gangs of Iraq

Air Date: 2007-04-16

1h 0m

“Europe's 9/11” looks back at Al Qaeda-linked bombings of commuter trains in Madrid on March 11, 2004, which killed 1...

E05
The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom

Air Date: 2007-04-17

1h 0m

“Europe's 9/11” looks back at Al Qaeda-linked bombings of commuter trains in Madrid on March 11, 2004, which killed 1...

E06
Europe's 9/11

Air Date: 2007-04-17

1h 0m

“Security Versus Liberty: The Other War” examines the Bush administration's efforts to protect the home front from te...

E07
The Muslim Americans

Air Date: 2007-04-18

1h 0m

“Kansas to Kandahar” tracks the experiences of an Army Reserve Chinook helicopter unit as it served a one-year deploy...

E08
Faith Without Fear

Air Date: 2007-04-18

1h 0m

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E09
Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia

Air Date: 2007-04-19

1h 0m

Atlantic Monthly military correspondent Robert D. Kaplan examines the U.S. military's role in the 21st century. Inclu...

E10
Security Versus Liberty: The Other War

Air Date: 2007-04-19

1h 0m

Examining the role of Islam in U.S. prisons, and whether inmates receive the Muslim faith's true teachings or the rad...

E11
The Brotherhood

Air Date: 2007-04-20

1h 0m

An examination of how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict plays at UC-Berkeley and Columbia University, where sentiments...

E12
Kansas to Kandahar: Citizen Soldiers at War

Air Date: 2007-06-11

1h 0m

This documentary explores the response of the U.S. military in the war on terror, examining the service of army reser...

E13
The Anti-Americans (a hate/love relationship)

Air Date: 2007-08-27

1h 0m

Why does Europe hate us? It's a question that comes to mind for many Americans when they see polls proclaiming that o...

E14
Inside America’s Empire

Air Date: 2007-09-03

1h 0m

Writer Robert Kaplan investigates the unknown aspects of the 'War on Terror' and visits US Special forces in Mali, th...

E15
Campus Battleground

Air Date: 2007-11-26

1h 0m

Campus Battleground, a special in the America at a Crossroads series, focuses on the University of California-Berkele...

E16
Homegrown: Islam in Prison

Air Date: 2007-11-26

1h 0m

Drawing on the views of imams, prison converts to Islam, law enforcement, chaplains and other experts, this film exam...

E17
STAND UP: Muslim American Comics Come of Age

Air Date: 2008-05-11

1h 0m

STAND UP is the story of Ahmed's battle to get beyond playing "Terrorist No. 4." It's about Obeidallah's journey to ...

E18
The Trial of Saddam Hussein

Air Date: 2008-10-12

1h 0m

THE TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN provides the first comprehensive look at the trial of Iraq’s former dictator and tells th...

E19
Dissonance and Harmony: Arabic Music Goes West

Air Date: 2008-11-02

1h 0m

DISSONANCE AND HARMONY presents a rare portal into a vital and entertaining world shared by both Western and Middle E...

E20
The Mosque in Morgantown

Air Date: 2009-06-15

1h 0m

The story in Morgantown is really about the dilemma of moderate Muslims, and that’s a story we don’t often see covere...

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