Dive into the 1976 presidential race between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election airs Saturday, August 24 at 4 p.m. on WXXI-TV
The documentary explores Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon, the anti-establishment sentiment surging through the country, Carter’s primary strategy in a crowded field, and the challenge to Ford by Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination.
Using a combination of archival clips and interviews, the film examines this close race and discusses how the 1976 Presidential election was the last time in which the country wasn’t polarized in the manner it is today. The documentary features: historian and author Douglas Brinkley; political analyst Larry J. Sabato; journalist and political commentator Fred Barnes; Carter’s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski; and President Ford’s son, Jack Ford; among many others.