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O.J.: Made in America

2016ESPNDocumentary

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Nearly eight hours on one trial and a century of Los Angeles, opened in sixteen seconds because there is no time to spare.

O.J.: Made in America opens with a main title sequence of 16 seconds.

At 16 seconds, it opens well under the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.

1 sequence452nd most looked up of 760 in the 2010sIMDb ↗
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The opening.

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