Story Archives of 'Ken Burns'

On Monday, award-winning documentary film maker Ken Burns addressed a live audience at the Music Hall in Portsmouth as part of our Writers on a New England Stage Series. Burns’s latest documentary, called “The War”, details the stories of soldiers, families and loved one in four American cities during the four years of American involvement in World War II. Burns' companion book to his documentary is called “The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945”. Today we play back for you part of Monday night’s event.

For decades, Walpole's Ken Burns has been helping us learn more about our country through his documentaries - our wars, our music, our parks and landmarks and our national pastime. For the thirty years that's he's lived in New Hampshire, Ken Burns has grown his company, Florentine Films, into a bustling team of writers, editors, producers, and interns. Ken Burns wants make sure that our history is not forgotten and his latest documentary on World War II does just that. In our latest installment of our 25 in 25 series, we'll talk with Ken Burns about his life, his work and how his state of New Hampshire has changed over the last quarter century.

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• Ken Burns: filmmaker based in Walpole and co-founder of Florentine Films

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson takes a look at the remarkable life of the early 20th century boxer. He enjoyed a life that few whites could even dream of and that most resented. His fame, fortune, history with white women, and reputation in the boxing ring started America?s search for the Great White Hope. Ken Burns joins us for the first of two interviews about his latest film. Join us on Monday, January 17 for the second half of the interview.

Over a 20 plus year career, Walpole resident Ken Burns? films have become a mainstay of public television and he?s credited with sparking new interest in American history. Ken and his team have tackled huge topics like the Civil War, baseball, jazz, and the Lewis and Clark expedition among other things. His next documentary is Horatio?s Drive. It?s about the first person to drive a car across the country. Horatio?s Drive premieres a week from today on PBS.
Ken?s production company:Florentine Films
This interview originally aired in May of this year.

The well known documentary filmmaker is a resident of Walpole, New Hampshire. Over a 20 plus year career, Ken Burns films have become a mainstay of public television. He’s also credited with sparking new interest in American history. Ken’s projects include, The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and much more. His next documentary is "Horatio’s Drive"- about the first person to drive a car across the country.

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