Oct 09, 2018
228 min
Full-HD

The Circus (2018)

Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, this four-hour mini-series follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus and brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town and its stars were among the most famous people in the country.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

American Experience Films

Michael Murphy

Narrator

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