Burns, Ken (1953—)
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns received Oscar nominations for two early works, Brooklyn Bridge (1981) and The Statue of Liberty (1986). But it was his miniseries The Civil W...
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As a prolific documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns (born 1953) explored topics large and small in American history. In such miniseries as The Civil War (1990) and Baseball (1994), he did not seek to answe...
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Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns has, according to Gary Edgerton, writing in the Journal of Popular Film and Television, has made "the historical documentary a popular and gripping form for large seg...
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Barack Obama picked up an endorsement Tuesday from filmmaker Ken Burns, who said he was disappointed in what he called the negative tone of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign.Burns, a Walpole, N.H.,...
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Ken Burns received his greatest compliment soon after a screening of his first major documentary, a history of the Brooklyn Bridge.A woman told Burns she was amazed he had found film footage of the...
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Call it a guilt trip or a cultural awakening, but some Latino filmmakers feel that the controversy over Ken Burns' upcoming World War II documentary has unexpectedly opened doors for their work at ...
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On the evening of Monday, Sept. 17, Bank of America and PBS hosted a preview of Ken Burns’ new documentary The War, about how World War II affected American lives. After the screen...
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Cartoonist Hector Cantu decided if the stories of Latino soldiers were going to go untold in Ken Burns' upcoming World War II documentary, he'd have "Baldo" tell them.This week, Cantu and co-creato...
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The national scene...13 months after ’06 election, Congressional Dems sign off on $70 billion more for Iraq, ignore “pay-as-you-go” promiseJohn Edwards likes to u...
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Hispanic groups unhappy with an upcoming Ken Burns documentary on World War II are stepping up pressure on PBS because they say the series omits mention of the role Latinos played in the war.The la...
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Burns, Ken (1953—)
Ken Burns
Ken Burns
Filmmaker Ken Burns endorses Obama
