An American Family at 50

TV special revisiting the documentary series that became a media sensation 50 years ago and birthed a new television genre. Examines the enduring significance of the series, which chronicled seven months in the lives of the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California.

Documentary

An American Family at 50

Watch Providers

WETA+

Similar Films

  • Dont Look Back
  • One Day in the Life of Television
  • Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
  • Queensnakes
  • The Birth of Television
  • Révolution VHS
  • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
  • The War Room
  • The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
  • Disclosure
  • Salute to A.P.
  • Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer
  • Distress Signals
  • Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
  • Caesar's Writers
  • Eurovision Secrets & Scandals
  • Plains
  • Conversations Between Shifts

NextFilm 2025