USA - The Conservative Revolution
2026 · Documentary, War & Politics · 1 Season · 3 Episodes ·
“Make America great again”: Ronald Reagan coined this slogan long before Donald Trump. This three-part documentary shows how highly conservative ideas became increasingly widespread in American society during the 1960s and 1970s, leading to Reagan’s election as president in 1980.
Episodes
1. Episode 1Senator Barry Goldwater was the surprise presidential nomination for the Republican party in 1964.
2. Episode 2The 1968 Democratic National Convention descended into a brawl between those for and against the Vietnam War. Following Lyndon Johnson’s unpopular presidency, the party’s bitter divisions were laid bare for all to see.
3. Episode 3After Watergate and Nixon’s resignation, the pardon granted to him by his successor, Gerald Ford, infuriates a public grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis.
