American Experience, PBS's acclaimed history series from WGBH Boston, is completing filming for a 90-minute documentary on the life and work of pioneering researcher Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, widely considered one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. Scheduled for broadcast in February 2005, Kinsey is produced and directed by Barak Goodman and John Maggio.

The American Experience project is the first American television documentary to be granted full access to the extensive collection of research materials at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, bringing to the public a wealth of never-before-seen archival material. Goodman and Maggio interviewed Kinsey biographers James H. Jones and Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy; Dr. John Bancroft and John Gagnon, former directors of Kinsey Institute; Kinsey's daughters, Ann Kinsey Call and Joan Kinsey Reid; T. C. Boyle, author of The Inner Circle, a new novel based on Kinsey's life; Paul Gebhard and Clyde Martin, members of Kinsey's original research team, as well as several people who participated in the interviews in the 1940s and 1950s.

Few scientists before or after Kinsey have so galvanized the American public on such issues. "Kinsey's pioneering research of the habits of American men and women in the 1940s and 50s helped initiate a debate about behavior that opened the door to more tolerant views and major shifts in American attitudes," said Mark Samels, executive producer of American Experience.

"Despite his enormous influence on American culture, Kinsey's story is not widely known today and has never been the subject of an in-depth television documentary," said Catherine Allan, executive producer for TPT." We believe this film will build public awareness and understanding of Kinsey's landmark contributions and lasting legacy."