The Vietnam War | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Geoffrey C. Ward |
Directed by | Ken Burns Lynn Novick |
Narrated by | Peter Coyote |
Composers | Trent Reznor Atticus Ross |
Country of origin | United States |
Original languages | English Vietnamese |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Producers | Sarah Botstein Lynn Novick Ken Burns |
Cinematography | Buddy Squires |
Editors | Tricia Reidy Paul Barnes Erik Ewers Craig Mellish |
Running time | 1035 mins (17¼ hours) |
Production companies | Florentine Films WETA National Endowment for the Humanities |
Budget | $30 million |
Original release | |
Network | PBS |
Release | September 17 September 28, 2017 | –
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The Vietnam War is a 10-part American television documentary series about the Vietnam War written by Geoffrey C. Ward and directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.[1][2][3] The first episode premiered on PBS on September 17, 2017. The script is by Geoffrey Ward, and the series is narrated by Peter Coyote. This series is one of the few PBS series to carry a TV-MA rating.