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American Experience: Edison

American Experience (2015)

Director: David Grubin, Stephen Ives

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SEASON: 27

EPISODE: 3 - Edison

SYNOPSIS

EDISON explores the complex alchemy that accounts for the enduring celebrity of America's most famous inventor, offering new perspectives on the man and his milieu, and illuminating not only the true nature of invention, but its role in turn-of-the-century America's rush into the future.

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Voice: Callie Thorne, Jefferson Mays, Nancy Groce, Ron Bobb Semple, Peter Hermann, Jay Gregory, Ping Wu

Writer: David Grubin, Mark Zwonitzer

Narrator: Will Lyman, Philip Bosco

RUNTIME: 55 min

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