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An episode of PHILADELPHIA: THE GREAT EXPERIMENT
For centuries, the land that will become Philadelphia is home to the Lenni Lenape people. The rich soil and rivers support a peaceful civilization, but in the 1600's Dutch settlers assert their rights to the territory, and a bloody confrontation erupts. Swedish farmers arrive next, but their colony is torn apart by the tyrannical rule of Governor Johan Printz. By the late 1600's, persecuted English Quakers seek a safe haven in the area just as outbreaks of European disease devastate the Lenape.
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Created and Produced by SAM KATZ
Directed and Produced by ANDREW FERRETT
Written by DEVON MCREYNOLDS, NATHANIEL POPKIN, and ANDREW FERRETT
Segment Producer WENDY COX
Edited by RACHEL SOPHIA STEWART
Director of Photography PAUL VAN HAUTE
Music Composed by PATRICK DE CAUMETTE
Associate Producer JONATHAN KOHL
Creative Director GINNY LASCO
Sound Design by DAN LA PORTA