Ken Burns, author portrait
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Ken Burns

KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film The Civil War was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.
The American Revolution
Country Music
The Vietnam War
Grover Cleveland, Again!
The Roosevelts
The War
Baseball
The National Parks
Lewis & Clark
Jazz
Mark Twain
The Civil War

Thu Feb 05
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd
Richmond, VA 23220
Google Map

Books

The American Revolution
Country Music
The Vietnam War
Grover Cleveland, Again!
The Roosevelts
The War
Baseball
The National Parks
Lewis & Clark
Jazz
Mark Twain
The Civil War

Events

Thu Feb 05
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd
Richmond, VA 23220
Google Map

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