Death and the Civil War [videorecording] / a Steeplechase Films production for American Experience ; produced by Robin Espinola, Bonnie Lafave, Ric Burns ; written and directed by Ric Burns.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: DECW601 | PBSLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2012]Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1608837599
- 9781608837595
- American experience (Television program)
- Faust, Drew Gilpin -- Television adaptations
- Burial -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Burial -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century
- Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Death -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Psychological aspects
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Editor, Li-Shin Yu ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy, Allen Moore ; music, Brian Keane.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This installment examines how the Civil War death toll, which is estimated to have been 750,000 people (2.5 percent of the nation's population at the time), affected the nation's psyche. Based on Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust's book This Republic of Suffering, the documentary includes remarks from her and fellow historians David W. Blight, Vincent Brown, J. David Hacker, and Mark S. Schantz poet Thomas Lynch, Adm. Mike Mullen (USN Ret.), a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and George Will. ~ Jeff Gemmill, Rovi
Based on the book "This Republic of suffering" by Drew Gilpin Faust.
Subtitle on container: How the unthinkable became unforgettable.
Editor, Li-Shin Yu ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy, Allen Moore ; music, Brian Keane.
Narrated by Oliver Platt ; voices, James Cromwell, Keith David, Josh Hamilton, Gene Jones, Robert Sean Leonard, Amy Madigan, Elizabeth Marvel, Aleksa Palladino, Stark Sands.
Originally broadcast as an episode of American Experience by PBS, Sept. 18, 2012.
Based on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a 'republic of suffering' and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
TV rating: TV14.
DVD ; Region 1, NTSC ; widescreen ; 5.1. surround.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).