Television’s most-watched history series American Experience has been hailed as the “most consistently enriching program on television‚” (Chicago Tribune), and “a beacon of intelligence and purpose” (Houston Chronicle). On air, the series brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America’s past and present. The Barbarian Group was given the challenge of bringing these documentaries to life online.

With over 200 documentaries under their belt, American Experience needed a way to organize vast amounts of content and bring the full length films to a wider audience online. The revamped site needed to resonate with educators and movie-fanatics alike, tackling a wide range of content from photo galleries to timelines to behind the scenes footage.

To accomplish this, we built a hybrid HTML and Flash site with an extensive CMS to manage all of the site’s video, imagery, and text based assets. We added a handy scheduling widget to see upcoming films, built a video player to stream the full length videos, and added some nice interactive touches to promote specific films throughout. Overall, the site has been extremely well received and is a huge step in the right direction for American Experience’s online presence.