| The Vietnam War, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's highly anticipated documentary series, tells the story of the Vietnam War as it has never been told on film. The 10-part, 18-hour series features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnam combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Ten years in the making, the series brings the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life. It includes rarely seen, digitally remastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and revelatory audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations.
To mark the occasion of this monumental documentary series, KQED is producing a trove of stories for online, radio, television and social media exploring the impact of the war on the Bay Area. Topics will include post-war Vietnamese immigration to the area; a survey of Bay Area military installations that served the war effort; personal profiles of vets from both sides of the war and antiwar protestors; and the war's continued influence on the local arts community. Follow all of KQED's related coverage at kqed.org/vietnamwar.
The first five episodes air nightly from Sunday, September 17, through Thursday, September 21 at 8pm. The final five episodes air nightly from Sunday, September 24, through Thursday, September 28, at 8pm.
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