The Oscar-winning filmmaker and noted historian explain their collaboration on the text and companion Showtime project, The Untold History of the United States, and bring some historical perspective to this year's presidential race.

Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone is known for writing and directing powerful and often controversial films, with credits that include Scarface, Platoon, Natural Born Killers, Wall Street and its sequel and the documentary South of the Border. A history lover, he also produced biopics on Presidents Kennedy, Nixon and George W. Bush.

Peter Kuznick is a history professor, director of the award-winning Nuclear Studies Institute at American University and a distinguished lecturer with the Organization of American Historians. He's written extensively about science and politics, nuclear history and Cold War culture and teaches the course Oliver Stone's America.

The two have collaborated on the text, The Untold History of the United States, and the companion Showtime 10-part documentary series, Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, which look at the dark side of American history.

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