Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
On Netflix
A sobering, ideas-driven historical documentary that examines nuclear weapons and Cold War tensions through archival material and expert testimony, treating existential threat as its central subject.
With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.
Essence
Ensemble
Aylam Orian
Self - Vladimir Putin
Harry S. Truman
Self - President of the United States 1945 - 1953 (archive footage)
Albert Einstein
Self - Physicist (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1924 - 1953 (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Condoleezza Rice
Self
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Tom Nichols
Self - Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College
Garrett M. Graff
Self - Author, Raven Rock
Tim Naftali
Self - Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University
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