TD Interview
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Ken Burns’ Other Lens
Dec 16, 2022 America’s most famous visual storyteller shifts gears in a new book.2023 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: Third Place, Headline
The Greatest Threat to the Prison-Industrial Complex
Jan 24, 2020 "College Behind Bars" director Lynn Novick and former inmate Jule Hall examine how prison education can be used to combat recidivism.
Country, Smoothed Over
Sep 20, 2019 Ken Burns' documentary "Country Music" and its book tie-in present country music with a naive affection that misses key American tensions.
The Uncomfortable Truth About Journalism’s Glory Days
Mar 1, 2019 Los Angeles Times reporter and "Don't Stop the Presses" author Patt Morrison examines the past, present and future of the fourth estate.
Lynching the Past
Oct 1, 2018 Many Southern whites continue to lie to themselves and the world about the Civil War and the antebellum South. These lies perpetuate the evil they seek to hide.
Emmy Glory Won’t Solve Lingering Problems With ‘The Vietnam War’
Aug 15, 2018 Historically questionable aspects of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's celebrated series raise issues about the renowned documentarians’ responsibility to the public.
Trump’s Curious Pardon of Former Heavyweight Champ Jack Johnson
May 25, 2018 A more perfect match between president and African-American icon could not be imagined.
Vietnam War Is Not Over for Agent Orange Victims
Oct 24, 2017 The destruction wrought by the U.S. military’s spraying of deadly chemical herbicides is one of the most tragic legacies of the conflict.
An Epic Film on the Vietnam War Stops Short
Oct 20, 2017 The Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary fails to grapple with the issue of U.S. culpability. If America is not honest with itself, we will never learn the lessons of the war.
When We Marched on the Pentagon
Sep 30, 2017 On Oct. 21, 1967, over 100,000 demonstrators, students, pacifists, hippies and anarchists descended on Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War.