VIETNAM WAR, a New 10-Part, 18-Hour Documentary Film Series Directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Will Premiere September 17 on WTVP at 7:00PM
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THE VIETNAM WAR features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides. “The Vietnam War was a decade of agony that took the lives of more than 58,000 Americans,” Burns said. “Not since the Civil War have we as a country been so torn apart. There wasn’t an American alive then who wasn’t affected in some way — from those who fought and sacrificed in the war, to families of service members and POWs, to those who protested the war in open conflict with their government and fellow citizens. More than 40 years after it ended, we can’t forget Vietnam, and we are still arguing about why it went wrong, who was to blame and whether it was all worth it.” “We are all searching for some meaning in this terrible tragedy. Ken and I have tried to shed new light on the war by looking at it from the bottom up, the top down and from all sides,” Novick said. “In addition to dozens of Americans who shared their stories, we interviewed many Vietnamese on both the winning and losing sides, and were surprised to learn that the war remains as painful and unresolved for them as it is for us. Within this almost incomprehensibly destructive event, we discovered profound, universal human You’re invited... truths, as well as uncanny resonances with recent events.” Ten years in the making, the series brings the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life. Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, produced by Be the first in Central Illinois to experience The Vietnam War, the Sarah Botstein, Novick and Burns, it includes rarely seen, digitally re-mastered landmark documentary event by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some Plus a sampling of WTVP’s local Vietnam Program of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and revelatory audio recordings from inside WTVP is holding a FREE premiere screening the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations. for members and friends. The first five episodes will air nightly from Sunday, September 17, through • Tuesday, September 12th Thursday, September 21, and the final five episodes will air nightly from Sunday, September 24, through Thursday, September 28. 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WTVP—More Choices For complete listings information, please visit wtvp.org 5 5 WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD PBS FALL 2017 LISTINGS -TOP PICKS DRAMA MASTERPIECE (Sundays, October 1-November 19) THE VIETNAM WAR For more than 45 years, MASTERPIECE has enthralled audiences with period and (Sunday-Thursday, September 17-21, 7 pm) modern British dramas and mysteries, interpreted by the world’s foremost actors. (Sunday-Thursday, September 24-28, 7 pm) Ken Burns and Lynn Novick direct a 10-part, 18-hour documentary series that SEASON PREMIERE: tells the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. “Poldark, Season 3” ( Features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who Sundays, October 1-November 19, 8 pm) fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants Season 3 finds Ross and Demelza attempting to repair their relationship, while and civilians from both sides. George Warleggan builds his empire to crush the Poldarks. Elizabeth harbors a dangerous secret, and Dwight is captured during the war with France. Will Ross SEASON PREMIERE: risk everything to save his friend? FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 4 SEASON PREMIERE: (Tuesdays, October 3 – December 26, 7-8 pm) “The Durrells in Corfu, Season 2” (Sundays, October 15-November 19, 7-8 pm) The acclaimed series returns with Professor Gates exploring the mysteries, Louisa Durrell (Keeley Hawes, Upstairs Downstairs) and her four willful children surprises and revelations hidden in the family trees of popular figures including return in the acclaimed series called “irresistible” (The Wall Street Journal) and Aziz Ansari, Scarlett Johansson, Ted Danson, Larry David, Ava DuVernay, Bryant “gorgeous” (USA Today).