USA - The Conservative Revolution - Miniseries
“Make America great again”: Ronald Reagan coined this slogan long before Donald Trump. This three-part documentary shows how highly conservative ideas became increasingly widespread in American society during the 1960s and 1970s, leading to Reagan’s election as president in 1980.
Episodes
Episode 1
Episode 1
Senator Barry Goldwater was the surprise presidential nomination for the Republican party in 1964.
Episode 2
Episode 2
The 1968 Democratic National Convention descended into a brawl between those for and against the Vietnam War. Following Lyndon Johnson’s unpopular presidency, the party’s bitter divisions were laid bare for all to see.
Episode 3
Episode 3
After Watergate and Nixon’s resignation, the pardon granted to him by his successor, Gerald Ford, infuriates a public grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis.