Lynn Novick and Ken Burns’ masterful series about the Vietnam War is one of the most significant cinematic of the past year, offering a rich and profound retrospective look at the war that shaped the second half of the 20th century.

Lynn Novick and Ken Burns’ masterful series about the Vietnam War is one of the most significant cinematic of the past year, offering a rich and profound retrospective look at the war that shaped the second half of the 20th century.
Episode 1: Déjà Vu (1858-1961) - After nearly a century of French colonial rule, Vietnam emerges independent, but divided. / Episode 2: Riding the Tiger (1961-1963) - JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam. President Diệm faces a serious political crisis occurs
Episode 3: The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965) - With South Vietnam near collapse, its adversaries in Hanoi send combat troops into the South to accelerate the collapse. LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South / Episode 4: Resolve (January 1966-June 1967) - Soldiers and weapons from the North are flowing south. US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the anti-war movement grows.
Episode 3: The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965) - With South Vietnam near collapse, its adversaries in Hanoi send combat troops into the South to accelerate the collapse. LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South / Episode 4: Resolve (January 1966-June 1967) - Soldiers and weapons from the North are flowing south. US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the anti-war movement grows.
Episode 5: This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967) - The number of American casualties increases. Hanoi is preparing a surprise attack. President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight / Episode 6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968) - Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart. President Johnson decides not to run for another term.
Episode 5: This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967) - The number of American casualties increases. Hanoi is preparing a surprise attack. President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight / Episode 6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968) - Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart. President Johnson decides not to run for another term.
Episode 7: The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969) - Public support for the war is plummeting, and young Americans at the age of recruitment face tough decisions and moral dilemmas. Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency. / Episode 8: The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970) - Media reports of a massacre by American soldiers provoke public debate about the morality of the war. Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the anti-war movement reignites with dire consequences.
Episode 7: The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969) - Public support for the war is plummeting, and young Americans at the age of recruitment face tough decisions and moral dilemmas. Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency. / Episode 8: The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970) - Media reports of a massacre by American soldiers provoke public debate about the morality of the war. Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the anti-war movement reignites with dire consequences.
Episode 9: A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973) - South Vietnam fights alone as American air bombings change the picture. Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return home only to discover a country divided / Episode 10: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward) - While Watergate draws attention from the war and forces Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to massacre each other in a cruel civil war. Saigon falls and the war ends. Forty years on, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
Episode 9: A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973) - South Vietnam fights alone as American air bombings change the picture. Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return home only to discover a country divided / Episode 10: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward) - While Watergate draws attention from the war and forces Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to massacre each other in a cruel civil war. Saigon falls and the war ends. Forty years on, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.