The BEST episodes directed by James A. Devinney
#1 - The Kennedys (1)
American Experience - Season 5 - Episode 1
The life of Kennedy patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy is the subject of this episode.
#2 - The Wizard of Photography
American Experience - Season 12 - Episode 15
The story of the innovations that made photography affordable and easy enough for any American to enjoy.
#3 - Eyes on the Prize II (1): The Time Has Come (1964-1966)
American Experience - Season 20 - Episode 3
Examines a lead member of the Nation of Islam - Malcolm X. It also chronicles the political organizing work of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) in Alabama and the shooting of James Meredith during the March Against Fear.
#4 - Eyes on the Prize II (7): The Keys to the Kingdom (1974-1980)
American Experience - Season 20 - Episode 11
The documentary examines the Boston school desegregation crisis involving busing in Massachusetts. The second part of the film chronicles the election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta and the first African American to become mayor of a major U.S. city in the southern United States. The last part of the film examines affirmative action and the landmark United States Supreme Court ruling Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978).