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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.
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Posted Wednesday 4/29/20 at 4:38PM EDT
Ken Burns hasn't watched The Last Dance, but finds its partnership with Michael Jordan troubling
The NBA great's production company is a partner in the 10-part ESPN documentary, an arrangement Burns tells The Wall Street...
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Posted Saturday 3/28/20 at 4:47AM EDT
PBS' East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story chronicles the fall of an Atlanta housing project through its former residents
Sarah Burns and David McMahon directed the PBS documentary released this week that Burns' famous father Ken Burns produced.
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Posted Sunday 3/15/20 at 5:15PM EDT
PBS releases Ken Burns' Baseball documentary for free amid coronavirus quarantine
"With events canceled & so much closed, I asked @PBS to stream BASEBALL for free so we can participate in...
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Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings Could Use More Dolly Parton
Anyone who doesn’t think Dolly Parton is a national treasure should click away now.
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Posted Friday 9/27/19 at 7:32AM EDT
How Peter Coyote became Ken Burns' go-to narrator
Coyote has voiced many Burns documentaries since 1996's The West.
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Posted Saturday 9/21/19 at 12:54AM EDT
Ken Burns' Country Music documentary is more interested in country myths, not its music
"Telling a story that runs the better part of 100 years necessitates some tough editorial decisions," says Stephen Thomas Erlewine,...
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TV Today: Ken Burns Captures the Sweeping History of Country Music
Though the topics of his signature documentaries don't always jump out as the most electrifying subject matter, Ken Burns' epic...
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Posted Saturday 9/14/19 at 3:10AM EDT
Ken Burns' Country Music epic documentary works best on an emotional level, but it's short on analysis
"As daunting as it may seem to watch all 16 hours, the music is more than enough to carry a...