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Prohibition (miniseries) Prohibition. (miniseries) Prohibition is a 2011 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick with narration by Peter Coyote. The series originally aired on PBS between October 2, 2011 and October 4, 2011. [ 1] It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Ken Burns. Kenneth Lauren Burns[ 1] (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle American history and culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV or the National Endowment for the Humanities and distributed by PBS .
Vietnam: A Television History (1983) is a 13-part documentary mini-series about the Vietnam War (1955–1975) from the perspective of the United States. It was produced for public television by WGBH-TV in Boston, Central Independent Television of the UK and Antenne-2 of France. It was originally broadcast on PBS between October 4 and December ...
September 15. ( 1996-09-15) –. September 22, 1996. ( 1996-09-22) The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a 1996 television documentary miniseries about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and featured Ken Burns as executive producer. It was first broadcast on PBS on eight consecutive nights from ...
October 2, 2007. ( 2007-10-02) The War is a seven-part American television documentary miniseries about World War II from the perspective of the United States. The program was directed by American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, written by Geoffrey Ward, and narrated primarily by Keith David. [ 1] It premiered on September 23, 2007.
The Vietnam War. (TV series) The Vietnam War is a 10-part American television documentary series about the Vietnam War narrated by Peter Coyote, written by Geoffrey C. Ward and directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The first episode premiered on PBS on September 17, 2017. This series is one of the few PBS series to carry a TV-MA ...
The first episode starts in 1933 Frankfurt, and chronicles Anne Frank and her family's attempt to move to the United States. It then continues with an examination of the United States before World War II and the Holocaust , including antisemitism , anti-immigrant xenophobia , white supremacy , and how Nazi Germany looked to the segregated Jim ...
In this Academy Award-nominated film, Ken Burns, working off of a book written by the historian David McCullough, presents the bridge as a testament of American mightiness. By the end of it, you ...