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Posted Tuesday 9/14/21 at 11:08PM EDT
Ken Burns' Muhammad Ali PBS documentary is well-done, but it doesn't offer much compared to the numerous others docs on the boxing icon
"In Ken Burns’ four-part Muhammad Ali—co-directed with his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon—the documentarian and his crew...
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Posted Thursday 8/12/21 at 1:45PM EDT
Ken Burns doesn't take it personally being described as an example of "white producer privilege"
Burns was asked at the TV press tour about the open letter signed by 140 filmmakers citing him as an...
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Posted Tuesday 8/10/21 at 11:06PM EDT
Academy of Country Music to honor Ken Burns' Country Music after it was shut out from last year's Emmys
Burns' 2019 documentary will be recognized at the ACM Honors on Aug.
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Posted Wednesday 8/04/21 at 2:14AM EDT
Ken Burns says his staff is very diverse and that his documentaries don't take up a lot of PBS' airtime
Burns' recent comments on The New York Times' Sway podcast are in response to more than 130 filmmakers calling out...
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Posted Wednesday 4/07/21 at 11:14PM EDT
The #MeToo movement, wokeness and cancel culture influenced PBS' Hemingway in "obvious ways and not so obvious ways"
Lynn Novick and Ken Burns spent seven years working on their six-part docuseries.
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Watch: Ken Burns Reveals New Documentary About His Bowl Haircut on Kimmel
Ken Burns appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday to promote his new PBS documentary Hemingway, and he unveiled a...
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Posted Wednesday 4/07/21 at 2:15PM EDT
Ken Burns spoofs his famous bowl cut in Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s Ken Burns-style documentary
Watch Burns, who now has long hair, in "HAIR I AM – A Ken Burns Documentary About Ken Burns.
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Posted Tuesday 4/06/21 at 2:48AM EDT
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Hemingway documentary is excessive and discordant, but it manages to work
"Is 2021 the worst time imaginable for a six-hour documentary about Ernest Hemingway? Maybe," says Daniel Fienberg of Burns and...
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Posted Saturday 4/03/21 at 3:32AM EDT
Ken Burns says he'd never quit PBS for a big streaming deal
Burns tells Yahoo! Finance he is sticking with PBS because a major streaming service wouldn't allow him to have extended...
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Posted Wednesday 3/31/21 at 2:27PM EDT
More than 130 filmmakers sign an open letter denouncing PBS for its "over-reliance" on Ken Burns
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Posted Tuesday 3/16/21 at 2:30AM EDT
Ken Burns is still optimistic about a shared American story, says The Civil War would be "naturally" different if he made it today
The New York Times Magazine's David Marchese asked Burns if he was still optimistic about the United States in the...
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Posted Saturday 2/20/21 at 5:53AM EST
Ken Burns explains why he now has luscious flowing long hair
The famed documentarian's trademark Beatles-style bowl cut, which he had for 40 years in tribute to his late mother, has...
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Posted Tuesday 2/02/21 at 7:51PM EST
PBS boss denies that the network favors Ken Burns at the expense of minority filmmakers
“We create lots of opportunities for many filmmakers,” PBS CEO and president Paula Kerger said at the TV press tour,...
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Mahershala Ali returning to HBO to play legendary boxer Jack Johnson in a limited series
The two-time Oscar winner and former True Detective star has signed on to play the legendary boxer in Unruly, a...
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Posted Monday 5/04/20 at 1:33PM EDT
Ken Burns reached out to The Last Dance director after criticizing the ESPN documentary
Burns told The Wall Street Journal last week he hadn't watched The Last Dance.
