The Civil Warwas a groundbreaking miniseries that ushered in the modern era of documentaries and launched Burns to greater prominence before he debutedBaseball,Jazz,The War,The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,Prohibition, and more documentary series in the decades that followed. WatchThe Civil ...
PBS Debuts Civil War Hospital DramaPASADENA, Calif. - PBS's first American scripted series in a decade, the six-episode Civil War...Owen, Rob
the filmmakers have gone back to the original film and audio elements and completely re-transferred the series in a vastly superior format, as detailed in "The Civil War Reconstruction" featurette, on Disc 1. All of the film's key participants - director Burns, and the film's sound designer...
Lisa Q. Wolfinger created the new PBS American drama concept in collaboration with David Zabel, (showrunner and lead writer on NBC’s hit series “ER.”) The series was inspired by the sesquicentennial of the Civil War and their shared passion for history.About Scott Free ...
Burns has been writing, directing and producing historical documentaries for over 25 years, since his collaboration on the PBS series The Civil War, (1990), which he produced with his brother Ken and co-wrote with Geoffrey C. Ward. Since founding Steeplechase Films in 1989, he has directed ...
* The infamous Confederate prison near Andersonville, Ga., its skeletal inmates appearing too weak even to move. Themoment of the entire series, though, is a sequence depicting the pivotal 1863 defeat of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army at Gettysburg--the battle was a war in itself--that...
GWEN IFILL: We turn now to Colombia, where a civil war between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army, or FARC, has lasted more than half-a-century. Along the way, it's claimed more than 200,000 lives.
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War Antiques Road Trip Latino Americans Roadtrip Nation Vienna Blood The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Mr. Selfridge The Miniaturist A Chef's Life Reilly, Ace of Spies Professor T Frankie Drake Mysteries ...
Its part of his Agents for Change series. A warning: Some of the images in the story may be disturbing. Edgar Bermudez is one of seven million victims, 15 percent of Colombia's population, who've been promised reparations for their suffering in this country's long-running civil war. ...
Additionally, the broadcaster has ordered a new Civil War drama series produced by Ridley Scott (“Gladiator”) and two new “Masterpiece” series. Also, PBS will produce two new documentary specials focusing on nuclear weapons.Under the BBC pact, the companies plan to produce eight to 10 new...