Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (2005)

Directed by

Brittany Huckabee

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 45m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the rise and fall of socialism as a political force around the world. It examines how the idea spread rapidly and then suddenly collapsed, using historical footage and expert commentary.

informativehistoricalsoberreflectivenarratedmethodicalfair-mindedarchival

What happens

Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (2005) is a three-hour PBS documentary film (sometimes recut as a three episodes documental mini-series) hosted by Ben Wattenberg and narrated by Henry Strozier. The series' Executive Producer is Andrew Walworth. The series was produced for PBS by New River Media, Inc. (re-incorporated as Grace Creek Media, Inc. in 2008) and first broadcast as a special edition of the television series Think Tank in June 2005. Heaven on Earth begins with the pronouncement: "This 3-hour documentary explores one of the most powerful political ideas in history. Socialism spread farther and faster than any religion. Then, in almost the blink of an eye, it all collapsed. What happened?" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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