THE VIETNAM WAR: A FILM BY KEN BURNS AND LYNN NOVICK

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• Release Year: 2017
• Genre: Documentary, War
• Plot: 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 20thh century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home moves, 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 Trent Reznor as well as the Silk Road Ensemble.
• Cast: Peter Coyote, Bui Diem, Duong Van Mai Elliott, Huy Duc, Leslie Gelb, John Musgrave, Nguyen Ngoc, Dong Si Nguyen, Bao Ninh, Sam Wilson, Philip Brady, Phil Caputo, Tran Ngoc Chau, Le Quan Cong, Carol Crocker, Jean-Marie Crocker, Bill Ehrhart, Joe Galloway, Robert Gard, Donald P. Gregg, Roger Harris, Mike Heaney, Le Cong Huan, Le Minh Khue, Karl Marlantes, Rufus Phillips, Robert Rheault, Tran Ngoc Toan, Nguyen Van Tong, Phan Quang Tue, Bill Zimmerman, Everett Alvarez, Nguyen Thoi Bung, Max Cleland, Ron Ferrizzi, Matt Harrison, Stuart Herrington, Tran Ngoc 'Harry' Hue, Hal Kushner, Merrill McPeak, Vincent Okamoto, Ben Rappaport, Neil Sheehan, Lo Khac Tam, Lam Quang Thi, Jack Todd, Tom Vallely, George Wickes, James Willbanks, Nancy Biberman, Anne Harrison Bowman, Rion Causey, Le Quang Cong, Cao Xuan Dai, Ho Hua Lan, Ho Huu Lan, Craig McNamara, John Negroponte, Tim O'Brien, James Scanlon, Frank Snepp, Nguyen Thanh Son, Lewis Sorley, Pham Duy Tat, Tran Cong Thang, Nguyen Thanh Tung, Juan Valdez, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Geoffrey C. Ward
• Director: Ken Burns
• Runtime: 16:43
• Company: Florentine Films, WETA, PBS Home Video
• Media Format: Series