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With peter coyote, huy duc, duong van mai elliott, james willbanks. The vietnam war by ken burns and lynn novick provides an indepth look at one of the most divisive events in united states history. The soundtrack is the original soundtrack to the 10 part series by ken burns and lynn novick. In an immersive 360degree narrative, burns and novick tell the epic story of the vietnam war. Ken burns and lynn novicks documentary on the vietnam war began airing on pbs last night after much anticipation. Why ken burns and lynn novicks vietnam war pbs documentary.
Ken burns vietnam war documentary explores the human dimensions of the war told through revelatory testimony of firsthand witnesses. His widely known documentary series include the civil war 1990, baseball 1994, jazz 2001, the war 2007, the national parks. It educates that rulers can be insane and out of touch with reality, going out looking for monsters to slay overseas on a self righteous moral highground,while breaking every one of gods laws. And that goes for ken burns and lynn novick, directors of the vietnam war, a muchheralded 10part, 18hour epic series that debutted sunday night on pbs. Browse all ken burns documentaries or opt for a classic fan favorite.
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The 10part, 18hour documentary series covers the controversial war. Creators ken burns and lynn novick were honored with a 2017 special award from the american film institute for this series. Ken burns never knew how wrong he was about the vietnam. The vietnam war a new 10part, 18hour documentary film series directed by ken burns and lynn novick, will premiere sept. Sep 12, 2017 soldiers of the 25th infantry division gather near ho chi minh city january 1968. Sep 04, 2017 spoke with doug valentine about the upcoming 10part ken burns documentary the vietnam war the series begins on sunday, sept.
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