Finally we got the whole story: Americans hate Jews and others. The nation's mood has not changed, the past is the present, the present is the past. This according to Ken Burns.
Read More »A Filmmaker’s Post-Mortem on Ken Burns & The Holocaust
Ken Burns' advance interviews for his new Holocaust film provided much material for public discussion. Now that PBS has broadcast the six-hour series, how does the film measure up?
Read More »A Holocaust Mystery: Ken Burns Gets Lost in a Bermuda Triangle
Scientists have long been puzzled by the frequent disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle. In his new Holocaust documentary, filmmaker Ken Burns has managed to make the entire Bermuda Conference on Refugees vanish.
Read More »Ken Burns Scrutinizes America’s Role During the Holocaust, With Mixed Conclusions
Ken Burns discusses his new series, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," which will air on PBS on three consecutives nights, starting this Sunday, September 18.
Read More »America and the Holocaust: A Filmmaker’s Perspective
As the producer and director of a PBS film on America’s response to the Holocaust some years ago, I was at first delighted to learn that Ken Burns has now likewise made a film for broadcast on PBS about how our country responded to the Nazi genocide. But some advance publicity for the broadcast raises questions as to whether his film will accurately portray key issues such as U.S. refugee policy and the failure to bomb Auschwitz.
Read More »“The U.S. and the Holocaust” to Premiere September 18, 2022 on PBS
THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST, a new three-part documentary directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, explores America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises in history. The series will air September 18, 19 and 20, at 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
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