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Independent Lens Episode 18.01 Best of Enemies
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Independent Lens Episode 18.01 Best of Enemies

Episode Premiere
October 2, 2016
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
ITVS
Official Site
http://pbs.org/show/independent-lens
Episode Premiere
October 2, 2016
Genre
Documentary
Period
1999 -
Production Co
ITVS
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://pbs.org/show/independent-lens
Main Cast
  • Stanley Tucci

Best of Enemies captures the legendary 1968 debates between two famed intellectuals and ideological opposites: leftist Gore Vidal and neoconservative William F. Buckley. Their televised sparring shaped a new era of public discourse in the media, marking the moment TV’s political ambition shifted from narrative to spectacle.