 The documentary was generally well-received, and garnered its TVTV production team the 1974 Alfred I. du Pont/Columbia University Award in Broadcast Journalism.The documentary received a negative review in the "New York Post", and positive reviews in "The New York Times", "The Boston Globe", the "Los Angeles Times", and the "Chicago Sun-Times".The "San Francisco Bay Guardian" wrote that the TVTV team had improved since their previous work but wanted them to move on to more challenging subjects.