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This is a two part documentary, each part runs about 60 minutes. The first part covers DeMille's theater and silent era careers while the second part concentrates on the talkies period. boblipton's comment below is presumably about the second part.Overall, the documentary is quite good and tries to present all sides of the story, but the blacklisting controversy is left a little vague and hard to understand if you are not familiar with the period. But the good news is that there is a lot of archival footage and some of the interviews with the surviving friends and relatives are quite poignant. Movie historians and big name modern directors are also there to provide occasionally wordy commentary.Curiously, there was nothing in the documentary about DeMille's last project, "The Buccaneer" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051436/), directed by Anthony Quinn, DeMille's son-in-law. I always figured that DeMille was in no shape to direct the movie himself after his heart attack, but the documentary suggests that he was working on other projects before his death.
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