IMDB Rating: 9.2/10 from 415 users Updated : 2017-09-24
Genres: Documentary
Actors: Peter Coyote , Max Cleland , Karl Marlantes
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part| 18-hour documentary series| THE VIETNAM WAR| tells the epic story of one of the most consequential| divisive| and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive| the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides-Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it| as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making| the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe| photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century| historic television broadcasts| evocative home movies| and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy| Johnson| and Nixon administrations. THE VIETNAM WAR features more than 100 iconic musical recordings from greatest artists of the era and haunting original music from ...
