Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War Explained
| Genre: | Docu-series |
| Director: | Brian Knappenberger |
| Composer: | John Dragonetti |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 9 |
| Producer: | - Adam Kaplan
- Alexandra Poolos
- Sabrina Parke
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| Cinematography: | Jay Visit
Kassim Olivier Ahmed |
| Editor: | - Bo Mehrad
- Aaron Crozier
- Christy Denes
- Sean Jarrett
- Michelle M. Witten
- Mahdokht Mahmoudabadi
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| Runtime: | 60-67 minutes |
| Company: | Luminant Media |
| Network: | Netflix |
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]
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]
Notes and References
- Vognar . Chris . 2024-03-12 . New Netflix Doc Asks If Putin Restarted the Cold War -- Or If It Ever Ended in the First Place . 2024-03-16 . Rolling Stone . en-US . 2024-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240316140750/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/netflix-turning-point-russa-cold-war-bomb-1234986006/ . live .
- Web site: Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War Documentary Considers The Ongoing Impact of the U.S.-Soviet Conflict . 2024-03-16 . Netflix Tudum . en.
- Web site: Einav . Dan . Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War — new Netflix documentary takes the baton from Oppenheimer . 2024-03-16 . www.ft.com . 2024-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240407034931/https://www.ft.com/content/45e7cb90-3b8f-4ab0-bcf1-0c2a952079da . live .
- News: Power . Ed . 2024-03-12 . Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, review: watched Oppenheimer? Now absorb the facts . 2024-03-16 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235 . 2024-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315202259/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/03/12/turning-point-the-bomb-cold-war-netflix-review-oppenheimer/ . live .
- Web site: Rothman . Noah . 2024-03-21 . The Worst Cold War Documentary Ever Made . 2024-05-29 . National Review . en-US . 2024-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240529051417/https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/03/the-worst-cold-war-documentary-ever-made/ . live .
