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Ken Burns

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Documentary filmmaker known for historical documentaries including The Civil War, The American Buffalo, and an upcoming American Revolution series

Mentions (10)
"you need an 800 credit score and 20x income to rent a clowncar apartment that belongs in a Ken burns documentary about typhoid mary."
"10 minutes into Ken Burns The Revolutionary War and I am learning for the first time that George Washington fired the first shot of the the French Indian War. Immediately checked to see if it was bullshit and nah turns out it almost definitely is true."
"Also if you have not seen Ken Burns' The Civil War, you are truly doing yourself a disservice. It is in my opinion, the greatest documentary ever made."
I can't get over how beautiful the ending of The Civil War is. · u/Bradyrulez · ↑179 · 2025-10-28
"Libs hear him say this and disregard the other five hours of interviews Ken Burns did with him. Real ones know his actual character flaw is that he is delivering dialogue between Civil War figures like he was in the room with them. Bro is adding way too much detail."
The Civil War was a failure to compromise · u/KittyOnTheRocks · ↑149 · 2026-01-23
"If he starts talking about how The American Buffalo made him cry or how Shelby Foote is the best part of Civil War, nod sweetly and ask him which doc you should start with."
"Been waiting on this for over a year. My only complaint from the first episode is there are too many experts and Bernard Bailyn only shows up for a second (he died in 2020, so I assume he passed away during the making of this documentary, but someone like Gordon Wood could've filled in instead of ha"
Any other Burns bros watch the first episode last night? · u/osibob1 · ↑37 · 2025-11-17
"Rewatching the Ken Burns documentaries after the his American Revolution. I'm in the middle of the Civil war series. The letters are are profoundly beautiful. Maybe I'm just getting older but they have hit me hard."
Ken Burns Civil War · u/Grobe859 · ↑32 · 2025-12-18
"Rewatching the Ken Burns documentaries after the his American Revolution. I'm in the middle of the Civil war series."
Ken Burns Civil War · u/Grobe859 · ↑32 · 2025-12-18
"People talk about Ken Burns' "The Civil War" but just as good, if not better, is "The Roosevelts""
"I'm talking about multiple episodes covering a single topic/idea. Like what Ken Burns or Adam Curtis does."
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