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Saturday, November 16, 2024
Leonardo da Vinci, on PBS
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He was like the Orson Welles of the Renaissance. Everyone knew he was brilliant, but he still had trouble finishing projects. Of course, he ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust, on PBS
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In the 1930s, Hollywood studios gave the German counsel veto power over prospective scripts to preserve access to a lucrative international ...
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Ken Burns does Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway synthesized war and alcohol into great literature better than anyone else. It didn’t work so well for his relationships. Ye...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Ken Burns Goes Original Gangster: Prohibition
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They thought if Prohibition could make it here in New York, it could make it anywhere. Well, it didn’t. The combination of some of the hotte...
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