Ken Burns - 'Country Music'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 105 minutes

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One of the most prolific and revered doc filmmakers of all time, who specializes in unearthing America's past, reflects on the childhood loss that inspired his desire to 'wake the dead,' the origins of 'the Ken Burns effect' and why race is a thread running through all of his work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 337th episode of Awards Chatter,
0:13.2	The Hollywood Reporters Awards Podcast.
0:15.6	I'm the host Scott Feinberg,
0:17.0	and this episode is brought to you
0:19.0	by Bad Education on HBO.
0:22.1	Inspired by True Events, bad education follows Frank Tassone and Pam Gluckin, who reign over a popular Long Island school district on the verge of the nation's top spot,
0:31.0	until an embezzlement scheme surfaces.
0:34.4	Deemed by IndieWire as a quote diabolically smart American crime story close quote.
0:40.0	Bad education is Emmy eligible for outstandingstanding Television Movie and in all other categories.
0:46.5	And now down to business.
0:48.3	My guest today is one of the all-time greatest documentary filmmakers and filmmakers overall.
0:54.0	The tremendous volume, consistent excellence,
0:57.0	and significant cultural penetration of his work
1:00.0	is really second to none.
1:02.0	Highlighted by the PBS event docueries,
1:05.0	The Civil War from 1990,
1:07.0	Baseball from 1994,
1:09.0	Jazz from 2000,
1:11.0	the war from 2007, the Vietnam War from 2017, and most recently, country music from 2019.
1:21.1	But don't take my word for it, According to NPR, he is, quote, our great explainer,
1:26.5	television's finest illustrator, a filmmaker who gives us what we know from fresh angles
1:31.6	so that we can learn more and appreciate on a different
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