Friday American Experience

Friday American Experience at American Corner Trieste /Associazione Italo Americana FVG.  Our weekly appointment with the best American documentaries in English version is back with a new name. Learn more about American culture, politics, society, nature. 

Every Friday afternoon at 6 p.m. at American Corner Trieste /Associazione Italo Americana - via Roma 15, Trieste -Open to the public.

Our first theme is Native Americans
14/09/12        Last Stand at Little Big Horn
The famous battle as seen from the points of view of Sitting Bull and Crazy horse and General Custer.   Uses stories written by soldiers, drawings by the Native Americans, historic photos.  60 min.
21/09/12        Adventurers of the Old West
Meet the Great Chiefs:  Quannah, Standing Bean, Washakie, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and many others. 50 min.
29/09/12         Great Indian Wars part 1 of 2
The series begins with the Great Indian Wars initially incited by Francisco Vasques de Coronado in 1540.  This was the start of the 350 year struggle.  90 minutes.
06/10/12          Great Indian Wars part 2 of 2
The Battle of Tippecanoe, Horsehoe Bend, Battle of of Little Big Horn led up to the last masscre, the Battle of Wounded Knee, which changed America's landscape forever.  90 min.