TV series

Andersonville

1996 · 1 season

A grim, unflinching immersion into suffering and endurance, where hope is scarce and every day is a fight to survive.

Overview: The story of the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, in June 1864, and shipped to the camp in southern Georgia. A private, Josiah Day, and his sergeant try to hold their company together in the face of squalid living conditions, inhumane punishments, and a gang of predatory fellow prisoners called the Raiders.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, violence, justice
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
violence
justice
loyalty
Places: prison
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none