Collegiate School is honored to bring acclaimed historian and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns to Richmond for a community-wide speech and Q&A on Sharing the American Experience. Mr. Burns' recent projects include The Roosevelts and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.
About Ken Burns:
“Burns is not only the greatest documentarian of the day, but also the most influential filmmaker, period.... Burns not only turned millions of persons onto history with his films, he showed us a new way of looking at our collective past and ourselves.”
— The Baltimore Sun
Ken Burns is a celebrated filmmaker whose documentaries have had a profound influence on American culture and society over the past three decades. The late historian Stephen Ambrose said of his films, "More Americans get their history from Ken Burns than any other source." Widely regarded as one of the most influential documentary makers of all time, Ken has won 10 Emmy Awards and two Oscar nominations, and in September 2008, was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Read More about Ken Burns:
- www.kenburns.com
- @KenBurns on Twitter
- A recent newspaper profile of Burns and his work, highlighting the new cancer documentary, which premiered on PBS on March 30
- A PBS Showcase of Burns' work
- A Sept. 2014 video of Burns discussing his 2014 documentary on the Roosevelts
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