Ken Burns Pair

I am a huge fan of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.  My bet is that his work really came to our attention with "The Civil War" in 1990.  At his best, his movies and series are sweeping poetry done in film.  His visual style, use of music and ability to interweave personal narratives to the larger... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Empire of th Air

Empire of the Air - The Men Who Made Radio (1991) - Ken Burns delves into the stories of the three men most central to the development of radio and eventually television - Lee de Forest, E.H. Armstrong and David Sarnoff.  The growth of Radio into the first electronic, broadcast medium and its dominance of the American... Continue Reading →

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