"The American Vice President" Film Preview & Discussion

Join us at the Gerald R. Ford Museum for a film preview and discussion of , which tells the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh perspective on succession in the executive branch.

A panel discussion with filmmakers and participants will follow the film preview.

Guests:

Michelle Ferrari is the writer, producer, and director of The American Vice President. She has been creating innovative, critically-acclaimed documentaries for more than two decades. Her work has been seen on PBS, HBO, and at film festivals nationwide, and has garnered honors from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Writers Guild of America, among many other organizations. A frequent contributor to American Experience, her numerous credits include Peabody Award -nominee The Vote, The Eugenics Crusade, Rachel Carson, and Seabiscuit.

Joel K. Goldstein is the author of The Modern American Vice Presidency: The Transformation of a Political Institution and The White House Vice Presidency: The Path to Significance, Mondale to Biden.

The discussion will be moderated by Cameo George, executive producer of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. George is an Emmy Award-winning producer, writer and journalist with more than 20 years of experience in documentary, broadcast television and digital content production. George has produced, developed and commissioned innovative programming at CNN, NBC News and ABC News.

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Major funding for American Experience provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance, Carlisle Companies and by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Funding for The American Vice President provided by members of The Better Angels Society including The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund. Additional funding for American Experience provided by the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, The American Experience Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers. American Experience is produced for PBS by GBH Boston.

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