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Posts Tagged ‘Ken Burns’

Ken Burns on ‘Our America: A Photographic History’

By | November 24, 2022 | 0
Ken Burns and his father in 1958.

Documentarian Ken Burns’ new book of photography, 15 years in the making, tells the story of the U.S. and us.

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Late to the Party: The Strange History of Liquor Laws in Kansas

By | January 21, 2022 | 0
An old time photo of temperance-minded protesters.

Did you know happy hours as we know them were illegal in Kansas until 2011?

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Muhammad Ali’s Brief Encounter With KC’s Rich Boxing Legacy

By | September 16, 2021 | 0
Muhammad Ali interviewed by reporters in London, England,

Muhammad Ali transfixed millions with his boxing, his braggadocio and, ultimately, his bravery in speaking out on the social issues of his time.

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‘I Don’t Have Favorite Films’: Ken Burns Keeps It Real

By | April 7, 2021 | 0
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.

Ken Burns, the ‘Hemingway’ filmmaker, gives his take on movies, music and slinging records in Ann Arbor.

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Ernest Hemingway: PBS Documentary Grapples With Both Man and Myth

By | April 2, 2021 | 0
Ernest Hemingway at his home in Cuba, late 1940s.

A new PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick passes through Kansas City on its way around the world to tell the sweeping story of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway.

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