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Explores America's response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy.Explores America's response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy.Explores America's response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
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- TriviaPeter Coyote, the narrator of this series, has been a frequent narrator in Ken Burns's documentaries since their first collaboration, 1996's The West. In a 2019 New York Magazine interview with Coyote and Burns conducted by Tim Greiving (during the release of Burns's film Country Music), Greiving asked, "Ken, is it project-specific when you choose to use Peter?" and Burns's response was, "Yes it is. I would ask him for every project except those that are subject-wise African-American. There's a process: We would prefer that Peter not see the script and he prefers not to see the script. And we do not run the film while we're recording. We get about 95 percent of the way through editing, and then we say, 'Time for Peter.' An episode might run an hour and 50 minutes. Peter reads it cold. And more often than you could possibly believe, that first take is often terrific. It's usually two, three takes. I'm sure it now drives him insane. I always say, 'Perfect. One more for the insurance company.'"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories (2024)
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This Ken Burns documentary was not up to the standards of his previous documentaries. Peter Coyote is a fine narrator and always pleasant to listen to. It was interesting in the first episode dealing with the prejudices and racist attitudes in the US with the influx of immigration concerns.
There were a number of historical inaccuracies that took away from what the documentary was attempting to portray. Historical documentaries need to do more than tell the viewer what happened; they need to ask the question why certain incidences occurred in order to better understand the issues being presented. There were a number of historical omissions that would have explained things more in depth. For instance; how the slaughter of 66 million Christians and Russians by the Bolsheviks influenced the mindset of the Germans during this time. The documentary also lost some credibility by having Deborah Lipstadt as a voice of authority as her input took away from some of the plausible historical accuracies with her repetitive accusatory conjecture presented as fact.
Other than that, there wasn't much revealed that hasn't been covered countless times before.
There were a number of historical inaccuracies that took away from what the documentary was attempting to portray. Historical documentaries need to do more than tell the viewer what happened; they need to ask the question why certain incidences occurred in order to better understand the issues being presented. There were a number of historical omissions that would have explained things more in depth. For instance; how the slaughter of 66 million Christians and Russians by the Bolsheviks influenced the mindset of the Germans during this time. The documentary also lost some credibility by having Deborah Lipstadt as a voice of authority as her input took away from some of the plausible historical accuracies with her repetitive accusatory conjecture presented as fact.
Other than that, there wasn't much revealed that hasn't been covered countless times before.
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