I’m probably not one to ask about criticism.
Since I live in Kentucky, I’m naturally biased in favor of the production.
The one thing I will say....it is unceasingly grim. Hardly any humor.
One of my best friends is a Kentucky Hatfield. I haven’t seen him in many years but he was an usher at our wedding. We drove a long way to attend his wedding.
I would say that it was fairly close to what I’d read of the whole situation, and it would something that I’d recommend for a 10th grade civics class. You get a pretty good understanding of how a group of people allow some minor events to go out of control, where level heads could have stepped in....but never did, and the authorities ended up being of zero value.
As for the History Channel doing productions like this in the future....I’m all for it. And I can name off three possible productions (Lewis & Clark’s expedition, the early 1800’s rendezvous episode in Colorado, and the Battle of New Orleans).
Filmed in.................Romania.
Maybe you'd be more in favor if you lived in Romania, which is where they actually shot it.