WXXI Documentaries

WXXI Documentaries: Altered States: Alcohol and Other Drugs in America.

Altered States: Alcohol and Other Drugs in America.

Special | 56m 47s

WXXI Documentaries: Make Us Safe

Make Us Safe

Special | 54m 51s

WXXI Documentaries: Echoes from the Ancients

Echoes from the Ancients

Special | 56m 25s

WXXI Documentaries: Crucible of Freedom

Crucible of Freedom

Special | 26m 24s

WXXI Documentaries

WXXI Documentaries

This channel offers a wide selection of WXXI productions. Topics vary – from a documentary on the world renowned artist Albert Paley to the renovation of a Frank Lloyd Wright house, the work of Susan B. Anthony to the spotlight on a national music program for senior citizens.

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WXXI Documentaries

Altered States: Alcohol and Other Drugs in America.

Altered States looks at the history of drug use in America.

Special | 56m 47s

Altered States: Alcohol and Other Drugs in America.

Special | 56m 47s

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WXXI Documentaries

Make Us Safe

1996 documentary looks at teens’ attitudes toward violence.

Special | 54m 51s

Make Us Safe

Special | 54m 51s

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WXXI Documentaries

Echoes from the Ancients

Join us on a quest to discover a city lost in time.

Special | 56m 25s

Echoes from the Ancients

Special | 56m 25s

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WXXI Documentaries

Crucible of Freedom

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony launched a woman's rights movement

Special | 26m 24s

Crucible of Freedom

Special | 26m 24s

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WXXI Documentaries

Tailor Made: The Story of Rochester's Garment Industry

WXXI captures the story of Rochester’s garment industry and those who contributed to it.

Special | 56m 46s

Tailor Made: The Story of Rochester's Garment Industry

Special | 56m 46s

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WXXI Documentaries

Invented Here: The Paper Revolution

Chester Carlson and Joe Wilson built the machine that changed the world.

Special | 56m 31s

Invented Here: The Paper Revolution

Special | 56m 31s

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WXXI Documentaries

Invented Here: Kodak, Kodachrome and The Digital Revolution

The world came alive in the colors of Kodachrome

Special | 47m 8s

Invented Here: Kodak, Kodachrome and The Digital Revolution

Special | 47m 8s

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WXXI Documentaries

Invented Here: Failure Was Impossible

Learn about a group of trailblazing 19 century American women from the Rochester area.

Special | 56m 29s

Invented Here: Failure Was Impossible

Special | 56m 29s

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WXXI Documentaries

Safe Haven

This documentary tells the story of America’s only refugee shelter for Holocaust victims.

Special | 57m 23s

Safe Haven

Special | 57m 23s

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WXXI Documentaries

Invented Here

What do Jello-O, machine guns, Snoopy Sniffers and bloomers have in common? Invented Here.

Special | 59m 13s

Invented Here

Special | 59m 13s

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WXXI Documentaries

Flight to Freedom Part 1

This film chronicles the rise of the slave system & follows the northward freedom trails

Special | 56m 45s

Flight to Freedom Part 1

Special | 56m 45s

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WXXI Documentaries

Flight to Freedom Part 2

This film chronicles the rise of the slave system & follows the northward freedom trails.

Special | 56m 43s

Flight to Freedom Part 2

Special | 56m 43s

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