Following in the footsteps of the critically successful series THE SIXTIES and THE SEVENTIES, the third installment from executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog examines ten years marked by exceptionalism and excess. THE EIGHTIES, like its predecessors, intersperses rare archive newsreel footage, interviews, and comments by historians, journalists, politicians, celebrities, and others, providing a multifaceted portrait of a vibrant decade. Episodes look at the Reagan era, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the developing TV and music scene, and everything in between.
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Following in the footsteps of the critically successful series THE SIXTIES and THE SEVENTIES, the third installment from executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog examines ten years marked by exceptionalism and excess. THE EIGHTIES, like its predecessors, intersperses rare archive newsreel footage, interviews, and comments by historians, journalists, politicians, celebrities, and others, providing a multifaceted portrait of a vibrant decade. Episodes look at the Reagan era, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the developing TV and music scene, and everything in between.
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