Ken Burns

SXSW 2013: Kathleen Hanna reemerges in 'The Punk Singer'

2013-03-12 14:47:00

AUSTIN, Texas -- In her bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has brought a fiercely feminist perspective to her lyrics and music, inspiring multiple generations of young women. The new documentary “The Punk Singer,” which is having...

'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Lincoln,' 'Flight' nominated for WGA awards

2013-01-04 10:45:00

This post has been corrected, as detailed below. The scripts of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are among the nominees for Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2012....

Oscars 2013: 'Gatekeepers,' 'Sugar Man' earn documentary nods

2013-01-10 11:57:00

Of the five�titles vying for the Oscar in the documentary feature category, four�offer�hard-hitting examinations of�tough-minded subjects --�the Israeli/Palestine conflict, sexual�assault in the military, the emergence of AIDS activism. The fifth is�a...

Sen. Daniel Inouye dies at 88; war hero

2012-12-17 23:03:00

When Daniel K. Inouye was 17, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. An aspiring surgeon, he spent much of the next week helping care for the wounded at an elementary school in his native Honolulu. He wanted to enlist immediately but couldn't. Japanese...

Review: Devastating 'The Central Park Five' details injustice

2012-11-30 00:00:00

New York Mayor Ed Koch didn't shrink from calling it "the crime of the century." A TV newscaster talked angrily about evildoers who "blazed a nighttime trail of terror" that culminated in the horrific beating and savage rape of a Central Park jogger on...

Despite storms and floods, humans willingly ignore global warming

2012-11-27 05:00:00

What do Manhattan and Miami have in common with ancient Pompeii? They are doomed places where the residents cannot imagine that the good times will ever end. Superstorm Sandy got our attention -- like Mike Tyson walking into the house and punching our...

Weekend Talk Shows for Nov. 24-25: Carl Levin; John McCain; Richard Gere

2012-11-23 20:00:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SATURDAY The Chris Matthews Show What makes great presidents; President Obama’s study of his greatest predecessors. (N)...

Climate lessons from 'The Dust Bowl'

2012-11-20 12:59:00

Ken Burns' latest work, "The Dust Bowl," a two-part documentary that wrapped up Monday night on PBS, told a familiar story to any of us who read John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" in high school, or whose personal histories are tied up in those...

It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas

2012-11-23 08:00:00

It's word association time. Say the first word that springs to mind: "holiday ----." Did you think "season"? "Sale"? "Hangover"? How about "music?" This year, there are plenty of new holiday albums to pick from. Cee Lo Green, English pop-rocker Tracey...

'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Argo,' 'West of Memphis' among WGA nominees

2013-01-05 00:00:00

The scripts of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are among the nominees for Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2012. Nominees announced Friday in the original screenplay...

Telluride Film Festival lineup: 'Hyde Park,' 'Iceman,' 'Argo'

2012-08-30 10:36:00

Movie fans trekking to Telluride, Colo., for the resort town’s annual film festival this weekend are set to see some of the fall’s most anticipated performances, including Bill Murray as FDR in “Hyde Park on Hudson,” Michael...

Review: 'A Disposition to Be Rich' relates a Wall Street con

2012-05-20 00:00:00

A Disposition to Be Rich How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States Geoffrey C. Ward Alfred A. Knopf: 415 pp., $28.95. In 1863, the young...

Ken Burns

2012-11-26 10:35:00

When Harry Forester lost his farm to the dust and Depression in Oklahoma, the family converted its truck into a modern-day covered wagon and migrated to California in 1936, where Forester had found work.

2012-11-16 15:12:00

About to be engulfed in a gigantic dust cloud is a peaceful little ranch in Boise City, Oklahoma where the top soil is being dried and blown away. This photo was taken on April 15, 1935 and is included in Ken Burns' PBS documentary "The Dust Bowl."

2012-11-16 00:00:00