Ken Burns's America: style, authorship, and cultural memory. (includes videography)

Journal of Popular Film and Television | June 22, 1993| | Copyright

I was flabbergasted |by the success and popularity of The Civil War~! I still sort of pinch myself about it. . . . It's one of those rare instances in which something helped stitch the country together, however briefly, and the fact that I had a part in that is just tremendously satisfying.(1)

Ken Burns is one of public television's most celebrated and prolific producers. At 40, he has already amassed a record of eight major PBS (Public Broadcasting System) specials, addressing a wide range of topics from American history, such as The Brooklyn Bridge (PBS 1982), The ...

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