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Ken Burns Documentaries: Where to start?
Posted on 4/11/13 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 4/11/13 at 7:00 pm
I really enjoy documentaries but I've never seen any of his work. What's a good one to start with? I'm leaning towards The Civil War.
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Posted on 4/11/13 at 7:01 pm to SW2SCLA
baseball
Posted on 4/11/13 at 7:04 pm to SW2SCLA
I loved The Civil War.
Posted on 4/11/13 at 7:09 pm to SW2SCLA
I'd do one I haven't seen. If you haven't seen any, these are good starts:
Jazz (Lot's of NOLA history & culture)
Baseball
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
The Civil War
Prohibition
The War
Huey Long
Jazz (Lot's of NOLA history & culture)
Baseball
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
The Civil War
Prohibition
The War
Huey Long
Posted on 4/11/13 at 7:15 pm to SW2SCLA
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What's a good one to start with? I'm leaning towards The Civil War
Start at the very beginning - Lewis and Clark, it's a very good place to start.
Then the Civil War - It's his Magnum Opus.
In all honesty, The National Parks - America's Best Idea then fits perfectly after the Civil War...personal favorites as his best work.
Then Jazz,
Then the War...
and end with Baseball because it goes up to modern times and is lighter.
This post was edited on 4/11/13 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 4/11/13 at 7:27 pm to SW2SCLA
Not as sprawling and epic, but Unforgivable Blackness, the story of Jack Johnson should be on any Ken Burns watch list.
Posted on 4/11/13 at 7:51 pm to SW2SCLA
Posted on 4/11/13 at 9:10 pm to SW2SCLA
National Parks.
Posted on 4/11/13 at 9:28 pm to SW2SCLA
Jazz
National Parks
The War
These 3 are my favorite.
National Parks
The War
These 3 are my favorite.
Posted on 4/11/13 at 11:16 pm to SW2SCLA
Also, try "The West"
Dustbowl
Dustbowl
Posted on 4/11/13 at 11:19 pm to SW2SCLA
you literally cannot go wrong. if you like his straight up style, youll find any story he tells interesting.
huey p long one really got me hooked. then civil war. then i just watched all that i could. prohibition is great too, probably online at pbs.
i just hope i live long enough for him to finish his 'nam series.
huey p long one really got me hooked. then civil war. then i just watched all that i could. prohibition is great too, probably online at pbs.
i just hope i live long enough for him to finish his 'nam series.
Posted on 4/12/13 at 4:06 am to SW2SCLA
Civil War, but baseball is incredible even if not a fan. I had several people watching with me and loving it and they are not ones who would normally watch that.
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