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Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Like all Americans, I like big things.” The same could be said for Ken Burns, the man behind “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” a documentary coming out in the fall of 2009 on Roosevelt’s relationship with the United States National Park system. Burns, who spoke in Sanders Theatre last Friday, is known for making documentaries on a grand scale—grand in scope, length, and audience viewership. For example, his most famous documentary...
...really makes the film are Maher’s interviews with the religious elite, including Dr. Jeremiah Cummings, a bling-blinging sugar daddy of a preacher who defends his wealth by citing Jesus’ possession of “fine linen.” Another notable subject is Ken Ham, president of the creationist group Answers In Genesis, whose bold statement, “If you believe in evolution, you’d have to believe women came from ape-women,” clearly puts an end to evolutionary theory. There’s also José Luis...
...father (Harris Malcom), Caleb promises to abide by a spiritual regimen called The Love Dare, in which he'll attempt some act or attitude of kindness toward his estranged wife each day for 40 days. He is encouraged in this by a coworker at the firehouse, Michael (Ken Bevel), who tells him, "Don't follow your heart, man, because your heart can deceive you. Lead your heart." Caleb's father keeps pushing the mission, under an eight-foot cross down by the river bank, and when things get rocky the father tells his wife, "We've got to start praying...
According to documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, the lasting value of this spontaneous statement illustrates “what presidential greatness...
...Originally turned down the job as anchor of PBS' "Washington Week in Review" because she was upset at the abrupt firing of her predecessor, Ken Bode, who left over a disagreement about whether to make "Washington Week" more argumentative. Ifill took the job after executives agreed to keep the show's polite demeanor...