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Ken Burns Films

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Posted on April 12, 2019 at 12:35:07
Jay Buridan
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 I had no idea how many documentaries he made! Last night I saw 'Prohibition' which was a federal jobs program for organized crime.

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'Prohibition' is amazing - best documentary ever, posted on April 12, 2019 at 15:51:56
mbnx01
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 It should be required viewing in all schools.



'A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on'. -Mark Twain

 

Sorry I must disagree - the best Ken Burns documentary ever, was, posted on April 12, 2019 at 16:05:26
dwill123
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you may be right, posted on April 12, 2019 at 16:11:16
mbnx01
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 But I remember being fascinated by his portrayal of life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

People these days have no clue what life used to be like in this country.




'A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on'. -Mark Twain

 

RE: Ken Burns Films, posted on April 13, 2019 at 09:56:02
BillH
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 Really hard to pick, but I am partial to the ones on Jazz, the Roosevelts and baseball.
The recent PBS documentary on Reconstruction was just a rehash of The Civil War, told from a black perspective (Henry Louis Gates).
"Vietnam" was monumental, but I wouldn't count it among his best work.

 

Prohibition and The Civil War were both great, posted on April 13, 2019 at 10:51:39
Jay Buridan
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 But I found the latter to be depressing. Same goes for Vietnam which brought back many bad memories for me.

I enjoyed the first part of Reconstruction, and am very much looking forward to the second.


"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields

 

My favorite take-away from Prohibition, posted on April 13, 2019 at 12:03:59
Jay Buridan
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 Cincinnati bootlegger George Remus said that there were not enough dollars in the money supply to pay every corrupt official who wanted a bribe.

I doubt it's much different today.

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields

 

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