Ken Burns's latest documentary, 'Country Music,' is a 16-hour, eight-part series that portrays America's development through the lens of country music
In a new PBS series, the director of ‘The Civil War,’ ‘Baseball’ and other documentaries, portrays America’s development through the lens of country musicKen Burns has made about 30 films over his long career. But his latest documentary, “Country Music,” which premieres Sept. 15 on PBS, presented a new set of challenges.
Its very subject matter was a turnoff to some people, perceived at times as a “country cousin,” Mr. Burns says, a musical “bottomland not befitting the attention of sophisticates and, God forbid, scholars.” The filmmakers wanted to convey a level of nuance, more complex than trains and whiskey, heartbreak and going home to Mama. The music’s story mirrored...
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