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The Eighties

Year: 2016
Seasons: 1
Type: TV Series
Genre: Documentary

Overview

The third installment from executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, following in the footsteps of critically-acclaimed series THE SIXTIES and THE SEVENTIES, tackles 10 years shaped by exceptionalism and excess. Like its predecessors, THE EIGHTIES intersperses rare archival newsreel footage, interviews, and comments by historians, journalists, politicians, celebrities and others, painting a perspective-rich picture of a vibrant decade. Episodes examine the age of Reagan, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the evolving TV and music scene, and everything in between.

Episodes

Raised on Television
EP 1 Raised on Television
The Reagan Revolution
EP 2 The Reagan Revolution
Tear Down This Wall
EP 3 Tear Down This Wall
Greed Is Good
EP 4 Greed Is Good
Video Killed the Radio Star
EP 5 Video Killed the Radio Star
The Tech Boom
EP 6 The Tech Boom
The Fight Against AIDS
EP 7 The Fight Against AIDS

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