The American Future: A History (2008)
Oxford Film and Television Production

Description

The American Future weaves through the nation's interior, exposing conflict and trepidation in a country still fighting to understand itself. Simon Schama traveled the United States over nine months, digging deep into American history and deciphering what is at stake for the future. War, religion, immigration and the environment emerged as key topics.

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America

Collected reviews and ratings

7.0 Los Angeles Times | Alicia Lozano

The documentary is his personal look at the country during this precarious phase, and an attempt to interpret America's history for outside observers who are sometimes impatient and unforgiving.
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6.0 Amazon user reviews

Schama is always sensitive to the human story that is often obscured behind the marmoreal nature of most art history. It is the unabashedly emotional aspect Schama often exhibits in his personal views of history that is most attractive.
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5.0 New York Times | Neil Genzlinger

The historian Simon Schama eventually works his way around to some halfway decent insights in his four-part documentary, but there is no disguising that this program was made for a British audience, and that it was made specifically for a 2008 British audience.
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