Craig Mellish
1) The address
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages 11 to 17, are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would be a daunting assignment for any student, but the boys at Greenwood all suffer from learning differences that have made their personal, academic, and social progress extremely challenging. As the students come to terms with the address's simple message...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. But Franklin's life was full of contradictions, and his success as a writer, printer, scientist, and stateman came at the cost to the people closest to him. His influence was unmatched in his time, and his impact...
3) Mark Twain
Series
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look at Mark Twain's life and career.
Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the...
