https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uspD-d0DxGc&t=212s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMCRF7g5ptM&t=238s
These sorts of documentaries are why I believe the only people who should really be creating historical content are those who are either from the group itself (be it Country, state, county, community, etc.) or are sympathetic to it. Shouldn’t even really be called reconstruction because it just mostly talked about what the federal and state governments did with the former slaves and white/black relations in this period. Never talked about the lives of common, white Southern farmers and never talked about how white women adapted after the Civil War. If you’re going to give the documentary title “Reconstruction”, you should cover information in proportion to the population. Talk about emancipated slaves in the wider context of Southern society, don’t make the entire documentary about them. The title is deceiving and wrong. It’s making a false claim about the information that is actually presented in the documentary. Though I get the impression the purpose of this documentary wasn’t exactly for historical interest.
