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KEN BURNS: AMERICA’S STORYTELLER – American Sampler

June 2017 (check local listings)

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Burns Ep Main

Tom Hanks hosts this new celebration of filmmaker Ken Burns, aptly described as “America’s storyteller.”

  • Original Broadcast: June 2017
CC HD

Program Description

Contacts

The program explores the tremendous depth and breadth of Burns’s work with a special emphasis on films that reveal the unique American character such as Thomas Jefferson, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Jackie Robinson and others.

Press Materials

  • Tom Hanks Hosts a Tribute to the Filmmaker’s Career With a Focus on Films That Reveal the American Character Through Portraits of Noted Individuals

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