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‘History of Sportfishing’ film series said to be worthy of Smithsonian

“The Endless Summer” meets Ken Burns is how Michael Fowlkes imagined this documentary, one filled with compelling vintage footage and photos.

USA Today Sports Media Group

PBS debuts Ken Burns’ Leonardo da Vinci documentary tonight, November 18

One of history’s greatest minds gets the documentary treatment from Ken Burns. Here’s what you need to know about the PBS doc.

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How to watch ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ online: live stream Ken Burn’s two-part documentary from anywhere

This two-part documentary celebrates the genius of Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, and our guide here explains how to watch “Leonardo da Vinci” online and from anywhere now.

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Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci: ‘He may be the person of the last millennium’

The legendary documentarian has taken on his first non-American subject for an expansive two-part docuseries

The Guardian - US

Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns among recipients of National Medals of Arts

Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah are among 20 recipients of National Medals of Arts, which will be formally presented by President Joe Biden at a White House ceremony Monday

The Independent UK

‘Let’s kick ass!’: Hollywood celebrities share their support of Tim Walz

Harris’s vice-presidential pick receives backing of names including Jamie Lee Curtis, Cynthia Nixon and Ken Burns

The Guardian - US

PBS Shares Fall Premieres

Ken Burns looks into Renaissance Italy, John Leguizamo chronicles Hispanic history

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At age 50, National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths through research

Middle and high school students across the United States are taking ownership of their history educations through a nonprofit that encourages young people to rigorously examine the past

The Independent UK

Ken Burns calls Trump an "opioid"

In a Brandeis commencement address, the filmmaker warned that another MAGA White House would "destroy us"

Salon

‘Opioid of Opioid’ Documentarian Ken Burns lays into Donald Trump sparking MAGA outrage

Ken Burns warned Brandeis University students that ‘the choice could not be clearer’ in the November presidential election

The Independent UK

Patrick Butler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from APTS

America’s Public Television Stations also gave its 2024 Pillar of Public Service Award to Molly Phillips, former executive director and GM of Iowa PBS

TV Tech

PBS: Network Celebrates 250 Years of America, Ken Burns Looks Beyond Our Borders (TCA)

Burns’s ‘Leonardo Da Vinci’ is his first documentary with a focus outside U.S.

Broadcasting & Cable

Silent Cavalry review: Howell Raines’ fine work on southern resistance

The former New York Times editor’s remarkable book on Alabamians fighting for the Union in the civil war, and his own family history

The Guardian - US

Review: Ken Burns Explains the Anti–Native American Plot To Kill Bison

The American Buffalo documentary charts the fall and rise of American bison.

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The Best Civil War Movies And How To Watch Them

Here are the best Civil War movies and all the various ways you can watch them online and on physical media.

The Guardian - US

‘History is not what happened’: Howell Raines on the civil war and memory

In his new book, Silent Cavalry, the former New York Times editor tells of loyalties long suppressed in his native Alabama

The Guardian - US

Ken Burns: ‘The only thing that changes people is storytelling’

The documentarian talks about his new series on the American Buffalo and how its destruction became a cautionary symbol of what was to come

Salon

Ken Burns and "The American Buffalo"

A four-hour series examining the fall and recuperation of the bison makes us ask: Why are Americans so destructive?

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The Independent UK

PBS' free original programming lane may close soon, with Ken Burns and Elon Musk projects coming

There's a broadcast television network offering plenty of original programming this fall, although it often flies under the radar

Salon

Ken Burns defends Clarence Thomas photo

The filmmaker was caught taking a photo with the justice and the businessman David Koch

Broadcasting & Cable

Ken Burns Takes on the Buffalo in Latest Project

‘The American Buffalo’ on PBS starting October 16

The Independent UK

Exonerated member of 'Central Park Five' wins primary, nearly assuring seat on NYC Council

A member of the “Central Park Five” is a step closer to winning a seat on the New York City Council

Tribune News Service

Vahe Gregorian: ‘It’s not just a video game’: Negro Leagues baseball comes alive in ‘MLB The Show 23’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last home video game Bob Kendrick played with any regularity was via Atari, circa the Jurassic Era of the genre in the late 1970s/early ‘80s.

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Welcome to Chippendales; Harry: The Interview; The US and the Holocaust; The Reunion

Robert Siegel’s true crime drama about male strippers fizzes along; Prince Harry meets pushback; and Ken Burns exposes an ugly chapter in US history

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Ken Burns’ scathing new documentary takes apart US delusions

The famed documentarian turns his attention to the US’s real record of providing shelter – or not – for the world’s huddled masses. Plus: affable architect George Clarke returns. Here’s what to watch this evening

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