The BEST episodes directed by Ben Loeterman
#1 - Rescue at Sea
American Experience - Season 11 - Episode 8
The collision of two large ocean-going vessels in 1909 puts the new wireless telegraph to the test.
#2 - Public Enemy #1
American Experience - Season 14 - Episode 10
The career and violent death of bank robber John Dillinger and the role of the FBI in finally stopping him.
#3 - Golden Gate Bridge
American Experience - Season 16 - Episode 9
The struggle of Joseph Strauss to spearhead the construction of the amazing bridge so important to San Francisco today.
#4 - John Portman: A Life of Building
BBC Documentaries - Season 2013 - Episode 59
Film about the architect John Portman, capturing his approach in an intimate portrait that, by turn, assesses and appreciates his work, using dramatic time-lapse footage to show off his buildings at their best. Once a maverick who was nearly run out of the American Institute of Architects, Portman is now recognized as one of the most innovative and imitated architects ever. Over 45 years, his iconic urban statements and eye-popping interiors have risen in 60 cities on four continents to redefine cityscapes in America and skylines in China and the rest of Asia.
#5 - 1913: Seeds of Conflict
PBS Specials - Season 2015 - Episode 16
Ben Loeterman, explores the little-known history of Palestine during the latter part of the Ottoman Empire, a time of relative harmony between Arabs and Jews. Living side by side in the multi-lingual, cosmopolitan city of Jerusalem, Jews, Christians and Muslims intermingled with a cultural fluidity enjoyed by all. How did this land of milk and honey, so diverse and rich in culture, become the site of today’s bitter and seemingly intractable struggle? Was there a turning point, a moment in time when things could have been different? Weaving the raveled threads of Arab and Jewish narratives back together, 1913: SEEDS of CONFLICT provides new and fascinating insights into the dramatic events that took place in Palestine which set the stage for the coming century of unrest.