{"id":7027,"date":"2010-11-11T13:16:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T13:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2023-07-21T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:10:28","slug":"veterans-day-the-greatest-war-documentaries-ever-made","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/veterans-day-the-greatest-war-documentaries-ever-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: The Greatest War Documentary Ever Made?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We at <em>Independent Lens<\/em> would like to wish all of our servicemen and servicewomen &#8212; past and present &#8212; and their families a happy Veterans Day. Check out this video message from America Ferrera honoring all you do.<\/p>\n<p>To mark this day, we thought we&#8217;d conduct an informal poll of you, our wise and opinionated audience. Few subjects seem to inspire documentary filmmakers quite like war. 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