Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, this four-hour mini-series follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus and brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town and its stars were among the most famous people in the country.
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“Big tent. Big Dreams.”

The Circus | Coming to American Experience October 2018
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.
