Ken Burns' The Vietnam War documentary has been praised for its attention to detail, its depth, and its ability to focus on such a wide swath of the war.With 10 episodes and 18 hours to dedicate ...

When filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick began research for a 10-part PBS documentary on the Vietnam War, they thought they knew the material. After all, Burns was of draft age in 1970, though ...

Ken Burns’ latest opus — the 10-part, 18-hour documentary series “The Vietnam War” — is a masterpiece. And it’s not just an American story.

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, who a decade ago co-directed "The War," about World War II, have now made "The Vietnam War." Pay attention to Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’ on PBS, there's much to ...

Though Ken Burns’s 10-part PBS documentary The Vietnam War doesn’t try very hard, he can’t be blamed for failing as a filmmaker even if he had. It can’t be done. There are too many Vietnam ...

Ken Burns Says the Vietnam War Was “Begun in Good Faith.” So Was Every Other Lousy War. Just look at what the leaders of the Soviet Union were telling each other as they invaded Afghanistan, ...

We may not like talking about Vietnam but beginning Sept. 17 on PBS, filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick take us to war — the war in Vietnam, the war at home, 18 hours of it, the Vietnam story ...

Last December, after Donald Trump had won the presidential election, documentarian Ken Burns told me that he was feeling like “the optimistic Frodo in Mordor.” Burns has a tendency to d… ...

Vietnam War: New Ken Burns Documentary Dismisses the Origins of the Futile, Disastrous Conflict. Published Sep 17, 2017 at 1:31 PM EDT Updated Sep 18, 2017 at 2:53 PM EDT.