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James Fitzhenry: Were cooking up a memorable Thanksgiving package

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:31:34 GMT

One of my favorite documentaries is Ken Burns' brilliant film on the Second World War.
Source: The Oshkosh Northwestern

Stark. Dramatic. Overlooked. The mystique of Joshua Tree National Park

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:34:17 GMT

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon get the publicity, and the visitors. But there are plenty of lesser- known national parks that offer gorgeous vistas and pristine back country, far from the crowds.
Source: The Olympian

The National Parks

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:36:26 GMT

Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan dive into the history of the national parks, from Yosemite Valley in 1851 and the world's first official national park at Yellowstone in 1872 to the most recent additions to a system that now includes nearly 400 sites and 84...
Source: The Daily Green

Lance Mannion: Picketts Charges

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:31 GMT

We’ve been watching Ken Burns’ The Civil War and last night we finished the episode that includes the battle of Gettysburg.
Source: Tom Watson

Meet the 15 Documentaries on Oscar Shortlist

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:34:17 GMT

A documentary begs to be made. There are months, maybe years of filming and editing, and what results is a visual incarnation of journalistic work that’s meant to inform and inspire.
Source: Flavorwire

Blu-ray Review: The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:09 GMT

(click linked text below to jump to related section of the review) "For the benefit and enjoyment of the people."
Source: High-Def Digest

Ken Burns' Our Best Idea

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:31:09 GMT

Ken Burns is the director of The National Parks: America's Best Idea. The six-part series will air on PBS beginning September 27. I don't know how cold it was that January morning in Yellowstone, but the night before the temperature had been minus 20.
Source: National Geographic

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns backs plan to make Pinnacles a national park

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:28:52 GMT

Congressman Sam Farr received an assist Tuesday from documentary maker Ken Burns in pitching national park status for the Pinnacles National Monument. by California's standards, Farr said it could grow to 44,000 acres with the addition of 18,000 acres...
Source: Monterey County Herald

Quoted in 'Michael Feinstein to Lead Jazz at Lincoln Center Series'

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:36:23 GMT

Michael Feinstein said in The New York Times:

In Ken Burns’s mighty documentary on jazz, the only songwriter mentioned is Duke Ellington, not George Gershwin, Irving Berlin or Cole Porter, whose music is also an integral part of the jazz world

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:24:37 GMT

Director Ken Burns (L) presents the Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award to Anne Finucane of Bank of America during the 2009 Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards in New York October 5, 2009.

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:54:18 GMT

Documentariy film maker Ken Burns, makes remarks on September 28, 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

Quoted in 'Documentary to highlight national parks'

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:42:05 GMT

Ken Burns said in United Press International:

It's such a great thing to be hit over the head when you're working on a film ... I just wasn't prepared for what a great writer he (Muir) was. Mark Twain said the difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. John Muir was lightning.

Ken Burns Jazz INTRO

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:34:27 GMT