The Civil War began 150 years ago this month. The anniversary offers an opportune time for a reissue of Ken Burns’ beloved 1990 mini-series “The Civil War.” Released on DVD in 2004 in a five ...

The Civil War is an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers if ...

When PBS first showed “The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns” in September 1990, it became a national sensation, ultimately seen by more than 40 million total viewers, the most-watched program in ...

NEW YORK — From the time it aired nearly 30 years ago, Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary has been a popular sensation and subject of debate. The 11-hour, nine-part series premiered in September ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns on Tuesday said that Confederate statues should come down because they were put up at a time when white supremacy was being “brutally re-imposed” over the old ...

Ken Burns: 150 years after Civil War, America is not post-racial 03:00. Burns said the central theme of his work is freedom, including the tensions of individual freedom versus collective freedom ...

Ken Burns' The Civil War. Clip | 30s. The Civil War explores the most important conflict in our nation’s history. Aired 08/25/2020. PBS Charlotte Previews. Ken Burns' The Civil War.

One of the techniques filmmaker Ken Burns harnessed so effectively in The Civil War was using the actual historical record—photographs, diaries, speeches—to "let the war tell its own story ...