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With peter coyote, huy duc, duong van mai elliott, james willbanks. Mar 28, 2018 this epic 18hour documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers ken burns and lynn novick, showing in full for the first time in the uk, offers perhaps the definitive examination of the protracted. Explore episode nine a disrespectful loyalty may 1970march 1973. Documentarians ken burns and lynn novick have spent the past decade making a film that aims to exhume the wars buried history. Washington ken burns and lynn novicks recent 18hour pbs documentary on the vietnam war was adored by critics the new york times, for example, said it would break your heart and win your mind. This article first appeared on the history news network. Get current episodes now and future ones when available. Sep 26, 2017 although ken burns and lynn novick had been taking a chronological approach to the vietnam war, the filmmakers delayed the coverage of the horrifying my lai massacre, which occurred in 1968.
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Ken burns and lynn novick talk about episode 8 of the vietnam war, and how they handled the difficult topic of kent state and other tragedies at home. The vietnam war, episode 9, a disrespectful loyalty may 1970. Thats what i knew about the vietnam war, the tenpart, eighteenhour documentary directed by ken burns and lynn novick that begins airing tomorrow night, september 17, on pbs stations across the country. To put it simply ken burns and lynn novicks vietnam is a masterpiece. To understand ken burns 18hour vietnam documentary, listen to the music. Soldiers of the 25th infantry division gather near ho chi minh city january 1968. Feb 04, 2018 the vietnam war is a tenpart, 18hour documentary film series directed by ken burns and lynn novick. National archives and records administration ken burns and lynn novicks the vietnam war premieres sept. The script is by geoffrey ward, and the series is narrated by peter coyote. The vietnam war tv miniseries 2017 the vietnam war. Documentarists ken burns and lynn novick tried to approach it from every one of those, with a. Learn more about ken burns and lynn novicks tenpart, 18hour documentary series, the vietnam war. This series is one of the few pbs series to carry a tvma rating. Resolve january 1966june 1967 us soldiers discover vietnam is unlike their fathers war, as the antiwar movement grows.
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