A program guide for members of Prairie Public Broadcasting March 2017
KEN BURNS America’s Storyteller
Tuesday, March 7 7 pm CT
Join host Tom Hanks
for a celebration of filmmaker Ken Burns, whose nearly fourdecade career has resulted in some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made.
Featuring interviews with
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Doris Kearns Goodwin, George Lucas, Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Meryl Streep, Sam Waterston, and others, this heartfelt tribute explores the tremendous depth and breadth of Burns’ work and provides an exclusive look at a new 10-part, 18-hour documentary film series about the Vietnam War directed by Burns and Lynn Novick and set to premiere in September 2017.