American Experience Monkey Trial (Season 14, Episode 9)
TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Monkey Trial (Season 14, Episode 9)

TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In 1925 a Tennessee high school teacher is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. A momentous trial ensues, pitting fundamentalist preaching against freedom of thought and speech.

Directors

Christine Lesiak | Annie Mumgaard

Writer

Christine Lesiak

Producer

Christine Lesiak

Composers

Tom Larson | Tom Larson

Cinematographers

John Beck | Allen Moore

Editor

Alexandru Moscu

Production Designer

Alison Kennedy

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 17, 2002

Release date

Feb 17, 2002 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul Boyer Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
William Jennings Bryan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Prohibition (1915)
Clarence Darrow Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	From Dusk to Dawn (1913)
Linda Hunt Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Phillip Johnson Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Edward Larson Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Levine Lawrence Self Self See fewer	To Tell the Truth (II) (2016)
Jim McKenzie Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
H.L. Mencken Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Good Night Valentino (2003)
Ronald Numbers Self Self See fewer	Science & Orthodoxy Around the World (2019)
Eloise Reed Self Self See fewer	History's Mysteries (1998)
John Thomas Scopes Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	To Tell the Truth (1956)
Eugenie C. Scott Self Self See fewer	Evolution (2002)
Nadine Strossen Self Self See fewer	A More or Less Perfect Union: A Personal Exploration by Judge Douglas Ginsburg- A Constitution in Writing (2020)
Kevin Tierney Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
John Williams Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)