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O.J.: Made in America

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O.J.: Made in America

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ABC | ESPN | Release Date: June 11, 2016

Summary: The seven-and-a-half-hour documentary chronicles O.J. Simpson's rise from the San Francisco housing projects to football fame in college and the NFL to his post-football career and infamy with the 1995 trial for the killings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ron Goldman. The first episode will air on ABC with the subsequent four episodes airingThe seven-and-a-half-hour documentary chronicles O.J. Simpson's rise from the San Francisco housing projects to football fame in college and the NFL to his post-football career and infamy with the 1995 trial for the killings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ron Goldman. The first episode will air on ABC with the subsequent four episodes airing only on ESPN.… Expand

Genre(s): Sports, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jun 3, 2016

Season 1 Review: A troubling, provocative, and insightful masterwork of psychology and sociology. [6-19 Jun 2016, p.18]

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Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara

May 20, 2016

Season 1 Review: Historically meticulous, thematically compelling and deeply human, O.J.: Made in America is a masterwork of scholarship, journalism and cinematic art. Read full review

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Vox.com

Emily VanDerWerff

Jun 16, 2016

Season 1 Review: O.J.: Made in America might be the most essential TV series of the year. Read full review

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Slate

Jack Hamilton

Jun 8, 2016

Season 1 Review: Partly due to its virtuosic storytelling and partly to its sheer scope, Made in America often feels like several masterpieces unfolding at a single time. Read full review

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Variety

Brian Lowry

Jun 9, 2016

Season 1 Review: [Writer-director Ezra Edelman] has responded with, even in the annals of ESPN’s “30 for 30” docs, what feels like a master opus. Read full review

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Washington Post

Hank Stuever

Jun 9, 2016

Season 1 Review: It is nothing short of a towering achievement. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gail Pennington

Jun 10, 2016

Season 1 Review: Director Ezra Edelman weaves many voices into a thoughtful slice of American social history, examining the volatile subject of race via intense focus on an athlete so elite, he believed he transcended color. ... If there is a weakness in O.J.: Made in America, it's that the unspooling of the murder trial will feel too familiar, especially for anyone who just watched "The People v. O.J. Simpson." Read full review

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gracjanski

Jan 9, 2021

Incredibly detailed documentation about a hero of america in 5 episodes. It does not only show the life of O.J., but also the backgrounds in these times.

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branflakes4547

Jun 5, 2019

This documentary series shed light on a lot of things people that weren't alive at the time never got to see, or hear about in an unbiased perspective. It is truly unbiased. It chronicles the life of OJ from early childhood in a poor neighborhood in Los Angeles, to his career in football andThis documentary series shed light on a lot of things people that weren't alive at the time never got to see, or hear about in an unbiased perspective. It is truly unbiased. It chronicles the life of OJ from early childhood in a poor neighborhood in Los Angeles, to his career in football and entertainment, his raceless crossover into every aspect of life, his greedy commercialism, his self preservation of his image, the turbulent relationship and eventual murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman (he did it), the court case and seedy lawyers stirring the pot, the racist and negligent LAPD, and everything in between. It is an utterly life changing documentary, told from the perspective of OJ's friends (and former friends), the jurors, the LAPD, journalist present at the time, and many others sans OJ of course. I cannot recommend it enough. I started the fourth part with my brother who hadn't seen the previous parts, and they were equally as enthralled as myself. Which in my opinion is a testament to incredible documentary making… Expand

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Series Overview
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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 11, 2016
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  S1:E5. Part Five
  Air Date: June 18, 2016
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  S1:E4. Part Four
  Air Date: June 17, 2016
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  S1:E4. Part Four
  Air Date: June 17, 2016
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  S1:E3. Part Three
  Air Date: June 15, 2016
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  S1:E2. Part Two
  Air Date: June 14, 2016
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  Air Date: June 11, 2016
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  S1:E1. Part One - Obsessed with Fame
  Air Date: June 11, 2016