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Ken Burns’s American Canon
- jpster 9y ago> Burns’s future plans —of varying uncertainty— include [...] multipart films about [...] the African-American experience from the Emancipation Proclamation to the Great Migration. No need to wait on Burns, check out Henry Louis Gates's version http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cro...
- sgt 9y agoI was late to discover Ken Burn's Civil War, as I only started watching the series a month ago. It is a profoundly educative series and I would recommend it to anyone. The episodes are lengthy - which they should be, because there is just so much material. I also finally understood where Ken Burns panning (in e.g. iMovie) has its name from.
- Maultasche 9y agoI remember watching that on my local PBS station when I was a kid, which must have been the late 80s or early 90s. I found it fascinating and I made sure to watch every episode. It made a big impression on me and may have been at least partially responsible for kindling my interest in history. It was until I was older did I realize that it was a big step in the evolution of documentaries or that the panning technique he used was really innovative. I'm considering watching it again on Netflix.
- theklub 9y agoI really love Ken Burns's film style, the pictures, sounds and voice overs.
- bobochan 9y agoHe premieres a series every year at Dartmouth. There is a scene in Baseball: The 10th Inning when he cuts to a closeup of Dave Roberts on base in the 2004 ALC series between the Red Sox and the Yankees. Instantly the whole crowd jumped to its feed and began cheering wildly, something I have never experienced in movie theater, before or after. Ken knows how to get an audience emotionally involved.