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With Mart Laar, Henry Strozier, Ben Wattenberg. Join host Ben Wattenberg for the chronicle of a movement that rivaled the great religions in sweep and power, but ultimately failed to deliver the "Heaven on Earth" promised by its most ambitious advocates.
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Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (2005) is a three-hour PBS documentary film (sometimes recut as a three episodes documental mini-series) hosted by Ben Wattenberg and narrated by Henry Strozier. The series' Executive Producer is Andrew Walworth.
Mar 5, 2013 · At its crest in the 1970s, roughly 60 percent of the earth’s population lived under governments that espoused the socialist ideal in one form or another. Then suddenly, it all collapsed. Why? Socialism’s meteoric rise and spectacular fall are explored in this three-hour PBS documentary miniseries.
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At its crest in the 1970s, roughly 60 percent of the earth's population lived under governments that espoused socialism in one form or another. Then, suddenly, it all collapsed. Because its goal proved so elusive, the socialist movement split and split again into diverse, sometimes murderously contradictory forms.
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Through profiles of the individuals that brought socialism to life, HEAVEN ON EARTH tells the story of how an idea arose, evolved, changed the world, and eventually fell. Much of the history of the past 200 years revolved around a single idea.
Jun 1, 2005 · Join host Ben Wattenberg for the chronicle of a movement that rivaled the great religions in sweep and power, but ultimately failed to deliver the "Heaven on Earth" promised by its most ambitious advocates.
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Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (2005) is a three-hour PBS documentary film hosted by Ben Wattenberg and narrated by Henry Strozier. The series' Executive Producer is Andrew Walworth. The series was produced for PBS by New River Media, Inc. and first broadcast as a special edition of the television series Think Tank in June 2005.
