Ken Burns' Vietnam War Is 'Required Viewing'

A decade in the making, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's documentary series, The Vietnam War, premieres on PBS Sunday, but it's already gaining quite the reputation among critics. 

The 18-hour documentary, told in 10 episodes, digs deep into the conflict, meshing first-person interviews with historical footage. Then it goes beyond since, for many, 1973 didn't mean the end of suffering. 

Here's what the critics are saying:

• James Poniewozik at the New York Times says it "will break your heart and win your mind." Given the subject matter, it's no surprise he found it "wearying." It's "probably Mr. Burns' saddest film," he writes. But it presents a "staggering" amount of material and powerful oral histories.
• Some 80 interviewees "offer a glimpse into the psyches of people on all sides of the conflict," writes Sonia Saraiya at Variety. It can be disorienting, but "disorientation in the midst of multiple national histories and conflicting personal agendas is, in a nutshell, the experience of the Vietnam War."

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