CHAUTAUQUA – Great leaders are often defined by even greater adversity. Such was the theme of Ken Burns’ moving documentary on the Roosevelts, shown in excerpts Friday at the Chautauqua Institution ...
THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY, a new documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential ...
The American Revolution filmmaker talks about the hypocrisies of US history and what’s missing from our political lives today ...
Get action: 1858-1901 -- In the arena: 1901-1910 -- The fire of life: 1910-1919 -- The storm: 1920-1933 -- The rising road: 1933-1939 -- The common cause: 1939-1944 -- A strong and active faith: ...
Ken Burns is the greatest documentarian of our time. With films such as The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), ...
Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History is a seven-night, 14-episode documentary that premieres on Sunday, September 14 at 8 p.m. THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY chronicles the lives of ...
NEW YORK (AP) — William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the New ...