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The film follows previous burns works in providing poignant footage mixed with compelling interviews and a backdrop of good music, starting in this case with bob dylans a hard rains gonna fall. Even in a fractious era, the filmmaker still believes that his documentaries can bring every viewer in. Filmmakers ken burns and lynn novick are coming to the hopkins center for the arts july to present an evening of highlights from their forthcoming pbs series the vietnam war, followed by a discussion with some of the project participants, including associate professor of history edward miller. The vietnam war, an immersive tenpart, eighteen hour documentary film series directed by acclaimed filmmakers ken burns and lynn. Filmmakers ken burns and lynn novick discussed the vietnam war, a tenpart, 18hour documentary set to be released in 2017. Ken burns and lynn novicks documentary on the vietnam war began airing on pbs last night after much anticipation.
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