Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War

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Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War
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Genre Docu-series
Directed by Brian Knappenberger
ComposerJohn Dragonetti
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Producers
  • Adam Kaplan
  • Alexandra Poolos
  • Sabrina Parke
CinematographyJay Visit
Kassim Olivier Ahmed
Editors
  • Bo Mehrad
  • Aaron Crozier
  • Christy Denes
  • Sean Jarrett
  • Michelle M. Witten
  • Mahdokht Mahmoudabadi
Running time60-67 minutes
Production companyLuminant Media
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseMarch 12, 2024 (2024-03-12)

Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War is a 2024 American nine-part docuseries created for Netflix and directed by Brian Knappenberger. [1] It was released on March 12, 2024. [2]

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Reception

Dan Einav of The Financial Times states, "Unlike Oppenheimer, the series looks beyond those who actively shaped seismic events to those helplessly caught in history." [3]

Ed Power of The Daily Telegraph calls it, "a nine-part documentary series about the Cold War uses Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning film as a convenient springboard." [4]

Noah Rothman of National Review dubs it, "The Worst Cold War Documentary Ever Made". [5]

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References

  1. Vognar, Chris (2024-03-12). "New Netflix Doc Asks If Putin Restarted the Cold War -- Or If It Ever Ended in the First Place". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  2. "Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War Documentary Considers The Ongoing Impact of the U.S.-Soviet Conflict". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  3. Einav, Dan. "Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War — new Netflix documentary takes the baton from Oppenheimer". www.ft.com. Archived from the original on 2024-04-07. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  4. Power, Ed (2024-03-12). "Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, review: watched Oppenheimer? Now absorb the facts". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  5. Rothman, Noah (2024-03-21). "The Worst Cold War Documentary Ever Made". National Review. Archived from the original on 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-05-29.

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