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January 10, 2005

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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his new film, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson.


Ken Burns

Ken Burns

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Filmmaker Ken Burns has shaped some of the most celebrated documentaries ever made. His credits include Baseball, Jazz, Unforgivable Blackness, the 15-hour miniseries The War and the landmark The Civil War, which earned two Emmys and was the highest-rated miniseries in the history of public television. At age 22, the Brooklyn native formed Florentine Films after earning his B.A. at Hampshire College. His latest project is the six-part documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, which premiers this month on PBS.