Riveted: The History of Jeans

6.6
2022 1 hr 0 min Documentary

Riveted: The History of Jeans reveals the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment. At any given moment, half the people on the planet are wearing them. They have become a staple of clothing the world over, worn by everyone from presidents and supermodels to farmers and artists. More than just an item of apparel, America’s tangled past is woven into the indigo blue fabric. From its roots in slavery to its connection to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the canvas on which the history of American ideology and politics is writ large.

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Cathardincu
2022/02/07

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

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Exoticalot
2022/02/08

People are voting emotionally.

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Calum Hutton
2022/02/09

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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Geraldine
2022/02/10

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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