This review is in dedication to Kyle Rooney who always shits on this documentary even though he has never watched it

An absolute pinnacle of the documentary genre that sets new hights. An all time favourite of mine, with a killer soundtrack I listen to atleast once a day, and often for several hours at a time while reading or working. The 1968 episode kills me each time I watch it. If Ken Burns is remembered for anything in particular, let it be this

This review is in dedication to Kyle Rooney who always shits on this documentary even though he has never watched it

An absolute pinnacle of the documentary genre that sets new hights. An all time favourite of mine, with a killer soundtrack I listen to atleast once a day, and often for several hours at a time while reading or working. The 1968 episode kills me each time I watch it. If Ken Burns is remembered for anything in particular, let it be this

A tough watch - So so informative and heartbreaking and world changing. I love the decision to have the interviews all be with people on the ground level - it’s so much more impactful that way. This should be required watching to prepare ourselves for our current climate.

A tough watch - So so informative and heartbreaking and world changing. I love the decision to have the interviews all be with people on the ground level - it’s so much more impactful that way. This should be required watching to prepare ourselves for our current climate.

I've been watching this on and off the past couple months. Between the massive enormity of the documentary itself combined with the state of the world and the obvious and not-so-obvious connecting threads between the two eras, encouraging myself to watch another episode took a lot of convincing. I'm sure there are a ton of flaws you can point to if these top Letterboxd reviews are anything to go by, I've come to expect that kind of dissent from Ken Burns documentaries at the end of the day, but honestly there's not much I can say except that I found this quite an overwhelming but absolutely terrific documentary.

I've been watching this on and off the past couple months. Between the massive enormity of the documentary itself combined with the state of the world and the obvious and not-so-obvious connecting threads between the two eras, encouraging myself to watch another episode took a lot of convincing. I'm sure there are a ton of flaws you can point to if these top Letterboxd reviews are anything to go by, I've come to expect that kind of dissent from Ken Burns documentaries at the end of the day, but honestly there's not much I can say except that I found this quite an overwhelming but absolutely terrific documentary.

That war was pretty dumb wasn’t it

That war was pretty dumb wasn’t it