Produced by PBS for The American Experience (now American Experience) documentary program, it recounts Truman's life from childhood to his presidency.
Written, co-produced, and directed by David Grubin, the film first aired on PBS in two parts on October 5 and 6, 1997.
In 1998, The American Experience became the inaugural recipient of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for Truman.
Truman was released on DVD by PBS on February 14, 2006.
[2] Later, it was also released in an American Experience DVD box set collecting its films about United States presidents on August 26, 2008.