Description: Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, this four-hour mini-series follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus and brings to life an era when Circus Day would shut down a town and its stars were among the most famous people in the country.

Genres: Documentary

Homepage: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/circus/

Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 228 minutes