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The
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| Five years in production, this epic presentation of America's bloodiest conflict has received widespread critical praise from reviewers and historians alike as a landmark in documentary filmmaking. Producer/director Ken Burns searched over 60,000 archival images (and filmed 3,000 of them) along with period paintings, lithographs, and newspaper headlines and combined them with newsreels of veterans, live scenes, and first person quotes from the times read by a chorus of extraordinary voices. They tell the dramatic story of the nation's struggle to preserve democracy by erasing the stain of slavery-but at a cost of 620,000 lives. The actual historical record is more compelling and emotionally powerful than any fictional account could be. "This is the great American movie of the year-and one of the true epics ever made"- David Thomson, Film Comment. | |||