TV series
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Overview
With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.
Details
- First air date
- 2024-03-12
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 9 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- Netflix
- Production
- Luminant Media
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage)
- Condoleezza Rice as Self
- Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage)
- Boris Yeltsin as Self (archive footage)
- Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)
- Mikhail Gorbachev as Self (archive footage)
- George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Self
- Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
- Harry S. Truman as Self (archive footage)
- Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
- Albert Einstein as Self (archive footage)
Creators and crew
- Lowell Bergman - Executive Producer
- Brian Knappenberger - Executive Producer
- Jennifer Jo Janisch - Executive Producer
- Sarah Huisenga - Executive Producer
- Alexandra Poolos - Producer
- Sabrina Parke - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: The Sun Came Up Tremendous
During World War II, the US begins to work on a top-secret project that results in the atomic bombings on Japan — and a global conflict lasting decades.
Episode 2: Poisoning the Soil
As communism takes off in Russia and China, Joseph Stalin begins his ruthless reign and the Soviet Union enters an era of terror.
Episode 3: Institutional Insanity
Preparing for war against the Soviet Union, the US starts to test thermonuclear weapons. The CIA forms and interferes with global politics.
Episode 4: The Wall
The US and Soviet Union get caught in a nuclear arms race. A wall divides Berlin. John F. Kennedy looks for a peaceful solution after a crisis in Cuba.
Episode 5: War Games
With both sides planning for the worst-case scenario, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev find common ground. Tragedy strikes after a nuclear disaster.
Episode 6: Empire Is Untenable
The USSR's grasp on Eastern Europe weakens as the Berlin Wall comes down and the Communist Party mounts a coup against a prominent Soviet Union leader.
Episode 7: The End of History
A new Russian leader emerges, and the republics seek independence. As the Soviet Union dissolves, several powers sign a landmark treaty on nuclear arms.
Episode 8: Moscow Will Not Be Silent
Russia struggles to find a national identity as Vladimir Putin comes to power. With the Cold War in the rearview, a war on terror begins.
Episode 9: We Are Not Dead Yet
Russia invades Georgia and Ukraine, putting Putin under intense scrutiny. While disinformation thrives, threats of nuclear war persist.
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