The March
PBS | Release Date: August 27, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
86
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandAug 27, 2013
Season 1 Review: The PBS film gives us greater perspective and insight, probing the conflicted attitudes toward civil rights in the Kennedy administration, and detailing the last-minute panic over Lewis' speech. Read full review
100
NewsdayVerne GayAug 27, 2013
Season 1 Review: Lavisly illustrated with archival footage, much of it rare, The March makes it almost easy to forget that words--not to mention the one man who said them--were the real stars that day.... Excellent, exhaustive. Read full review
90
Sioux City JournalBruce MillerAug 27, 2013
Season 1 Review: A compelling look at the 1963 March on Washington for civil rights. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 27, 2013
Season 1 Review: A succinct and well-conceived documentary. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyAug 27, 2013
Season 1 Review: It does a good job of selling an event that by all historical measures should sell itself. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydAug 27, 2013
Season 1 Review: When it comes to the day's central oration, Akomfrah can't quite leave King alone, laying in music below him--not the usual sentimental suet, at least, but a distraction and a distortion nonetheless; those words need no accompaniment. And here and there he processes an image for dramatic (and sometimes confusing) effect. But these are bumps in an otherwise well-laid road. Read full review
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