COLLEGE BEHIND BARS TO AIR ON PBS IN NOVEMBER 2019 New Four-Part Documentary Series by Lynn Novick Follows Prisoners Through Rigorous College Program; Explores How Education Transforms Lives and Impacts Criminal Justice BPI students at Eastern Correctional Facility. Credit: Jared Ames PASADENA, CA; February 1, 2019 -- Alfred I. duPont-Columbia and Peabody-Award winning
"Get ready for a grand ole doc’ry. Country fans have been thirsty for years just to get a release date for, much less see, Ken Burns’ characteristically epic documentary on the genre." READ MORE
"On September 15th, 2019, PBS will premiere the first episode of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ Country Music, a detailed exploration of the genre which has been in the works for the past eight years." READ MORE
"Ken Burns has a new music documentary coming to PBS this fall. Produced by Burns and his longtime collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, Country Music will follow the history and evolution of the quintessentially American music genre -- from the hills of Appalachia to the honky-tonk of Texas and Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry -- over the course
"There was a moment, however fleeting, when documentary filmmaker Ken Burns thought a change of pace might be in order as he was wrapping up more than a decade of often emotionally draining, logistically nightmarish work on his 10-part, 18-hour exploration of the complex history and bitter legacy of the Vietnam War." READ MORE
"In 2017, as Lynn Novick and I were finishing our film on the Vietnam War, I called Sen. John McCain to see if I could stop by his office and show some clips to him. He agreed, and when I asked if there were any sections of the 18-hour film that he’d particularly like to see, McCain said “the
"Through his lens, he's made epic explorations into 'Baseball,' 'Prohibition' and several 20th-century wars. Next year, documentary giant Ken Burns will take audiences on a 16-hour journey through 'Country Music.' The eight-part film is set to premiere on PBS in the fall of 2019 and has been in the works for six years. It's only the second Burns project
"Suppose you just left a prison after serving, say, 10 years for armed robbery. Barbed wire, blocks of stone, hulking prison guards and distasteful food that you eat on a timed basis are in your rear-view mirror. You’re feeling a giant sigh of relief, right? Finally a taste of freedom, for sure? Uh … perhaps,
"Filmmaker Ken Burns today announced the launch of UNUM, a new digital destination where users can access clips from across Burns's films, explore themes that run through American history - including Leadership, Race, Innovation, and War - and relate them to issues of the present. UNUM builds on the vision behind the award-winning Ken Burns
"In a culture of flash-in-the-pan internet sensations, of insta-memes and GIFs as news, the long-form, episodic films of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick serve as sweeping acts of defiance. While everyone else is rushing to judgment, time is on their side." READ MORE
