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...affirming that the sacrifice and service of African-Americans had finally been granted its place of honor in the nation's remembrance of World War II. But Hispanic Americans of the Greatest Generation are still battling for acknowledgment, and their fight has now embroiled celebrated documentarian Ken Burns and PBS television...
...Burns said the series had included the voices of Japanese-Americans and African-Americans because theirs had been "an amazingly different kind of American experience." That only further angered critics. "We are not going to tolerate this omission," said Antonio Morales of American GI Forum after a meeting with PBS officials...
...ACCLAIMED STORIESAmidst critical acclaim, the final product has been picked up for theatrical release, unexpected at the inception of the project.“Operation Homecoming” will be playing at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre on April 6 and will be airing on PBS on April 16 as part of the series “America at a Crossroads.”Both Robbins and Yellin desire to bridge the gap between the military and non-military spheres of American life through film.“The divide in this nation between people who have family...
...things, only one of which merits reprinting here: have the blues ceased to exist in mainstream popular culture? Part of the reason “Black Snake Moan” drew my attention was the relative rarity of hearing blues in a popular context (read: not on NPR or PBS). I’ve always loved the blues, but I recognize their relative obscurity and never expected to encounter them in any conventional, popularized setting...
...same year, Aerosmith released an all-blues album entitled “Honkin’ on Bobo” to critical acclaim and my own personal satisfaction. Further evidence that a blues revolution might yet linger just below the surface is found in Martin Scorsese’s 2003 PBS blues television series and subsequent CD releases...