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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 ...
“The Vietnam War,” which premiered on PBS on Sept. 17, is a Ken Burns documentary, but he couldn’t have made the film without his longtime co-director, Lynn Novick. And Novick isn’t just ...
Burns and "The American Revolution" co-director David Schmidt walk in Colonial Williamsburg. Burns says he does not take his ...
The Netflix series is not the first major attempt in recent years to tackle the war on film. Most significantly, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick made a 10-part, 18-hour documentary series for PBS called ...
The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...