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History 101

2020–2022 · 2 seasons

Brisk, information-dense lessons built from archive clips and graphs, easy to dip into but better when you actually pay attention.

Created by: Marc Tiley, Laura Stevens
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Natalie Silverman, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping

Overview: Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.

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Created by: Marc Tiley, Laura Stevens
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Natalie Silverman, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping

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lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: technology
politics
science
power
class
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: documentary
anthology
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: documentary
Created by: Marc Tiley, Laura Stevens, Vương Thiên Hạc
Written by: Steven Hack, Marc Tiley
Starring: Natalie Silverman, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping, Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, Mikhail Gorbachev
Length: 2 seasons, 20 episodes, 22 min each
Network: Netflix
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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