American Experience New York: Part I - The Country and the City (Season 12, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 112 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Experience

New York: Part I - The Country and the City (Season 12, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 112 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Episode one begins in 1609 and chronicles the arrival of the Dutch.

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Updated Nov 14, 1999

Release date

Nov 14, 1999 (United States)

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Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 84 wins & 123 nominations

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
David Ogden Stiers Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Thomas Bender Self Self See fewer	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Carol Berkin Self Self See fewer	What the Founding Fathers were Really Like (and What We can Learn from Them Today) (2021)
Calvin O. Butts III Self (as Rev. Calvin O. Butts III) Self (as Rev. Calvin O. Butts III) See fewer	Adam Clayton Powell (1989)
Caleb Carr Self Self See fewer	Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
E.L. Doctorow Self Self See fewer	Daniel (1983)
Brendan Gill Self Self See fewer	Playdate (1961)
Rudy Giuliani Self (as Rudolph W. Giuliani) Self (as Rudolph W. Giuliani) See fewer	Anger Management (2003)
John Steele Gordon Self Self See fewer	The Scene We the Economy (2014)
Nancy Groce Voice Voice See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Nancy Grose Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Kenneth Jackson Self Self See fewer	Airboss IV: The X Factor (2000)
Margo Jefferson Self Self See fewer	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Fran Lebowitz Self Self See fewer	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Phillip Lopate Self (as Philip Lopate) Self (as Philip Lopate) See fewer	Chekhov for Children (2010)
David McCullough Self Self See fewer	Seabiscuit (2003)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Self Self See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Peter Quinn Self Self See fewer	Men at Lunch (2012)
Lucy Sante Self (as Luc Sante) Self (as Luc Sante) See fewer	Gangs of New York (2002)
Gretchen Sullivan Sorin Self Self See fewer	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Robert A.M. Stern Self Self See fewer	New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
Mike Wallace Self (historian) Self (historian) See fewer	Las paredes hablan (2012)
Craig Steven Wilder Self Self See fewer	Muhammad Ali (2021)