

An American Family at 50
Overview
TV special revisiting the documentary series that became a media sensation 50 years ago and birthed a new television genre. Examines the enduring significance of the series, which chronicled seven months in the lives of the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California.
Top Cast
Craig Gilbert
Self (archive footage)

Robert Pulcini
Self
Jonathan Murray
Self

Shari Springer Berman
Self

Thomas Dekker
Self

Diane Lane
Self

Dick Cavett
Self
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
You May Also Like

Following a personal search for meaning through astrology, filmmaker Hayley Garrigus discovers an unexpected intersection between astrology and financial markets. As she explores this world of financial astrology, where traders use planetary movements to predict market trends, a deeper truth emerges. Through interviews with astrologers, financial analysts, and those bridging both worlds, the film reveals how our obsession with controlling the future disconnects us from ancient wisdom about cycles and our place in the cosmos. In seeking certainty, have we lost something more profound about what it means to be part of the universe?
Star Cash

A BBC Television film recalling the part Alexandra Palace has played in British television between 1935 and 1954. It shows the erection of the first transmitter, the building of 'A' and 'B' studios, and introduces scenes and excerpts from early television productions and outside broadcasts.
Salute to A.P.

Have you ever been to the bullfights in Tijuana? Larry Wessel's TAUROBOLIUM is not only cinema verite at it's best, Larry Wessel's TAUROBOLIUM is the best documentary on bullfighting ever made!
Taurobolium

For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.
Nightcrawlers

Biologist Scott Gillingwater works to prevent the extinction of the endangered Queensnake.
Queensnakes

Familiar radio voice Ben Grauer leads the viewer on a behind the scenes tour of the National Broadcasting Company studios -- both radio and television -- in Rockefeller Center and Hollywood. The original 25-minute film previewed by network execs and affiliates in the fall of 1948 was cut down to 20 minutes before its first broadcast, reportedly to excise high-profile stars and programs such as Amos 'n' Andy, Jack Benny, and Edgar Bergen that had since left NBC for other networks.
Behind Your Radio Dial

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Disclosure

The documentary film follows the life and career of Milen Tsvetkov against the backdrop of historical events in Bulgaria that have transformed journalism and the media market in the country since 1989.
Milen

Documentary about the lost episodes of Dad's Army (1968) and their recovery and restoration.
Missing Presumed Wiped

With the Soviet Unionâs dissolution dragging down the economy of neighboring Finland, the Scandinavian country was plunged in a period of protracted recession. And with no recovery in sight, a soap opera offered Finns a respite from the grim reality; the debut of The Bold and the Beautiful on television quickly amassed a vast and dedicated following, whereas the arrival of American idols in the country, on tour, elicited unprecedented frenzy.









