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Tag Archives: World War II
The U.S. and the Holocaust Reexamined on PBS
“I feel a sense of urgency. We’re not trying to equate anything with The Holocaust. That would be a horrible, horrible thing to do. We’re just saying: ‘Let’s not get there again as human beings, please, let’s not get there … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TV
Tagged Adolph Hitler, Anti-Semitism, Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Geoffrey C. Ward, Guy Stern, Immigrants and Immigration, Jewish History, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Nazi Persecution, PBS, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Sarah Botstein, The Holocaust, The U.S and the Holocaust, U.S. History, World War II
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Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Tackle Hemingway in New PBS Series
“Our intent is to offer viewers an honest portrayal of a complex and conflicted writer who left an indelible mark on literature.”–Ken Burns. The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea, The Snows of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Publishing, TV
Tagged A Farewell to Arms, American Literature, Authors, Edna O'Brien, Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Geoffrey C. Ward, Jeff Daniels, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Patrick Hemingway, Spanish American War, Sylvia Beach, The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, World War I, World War II
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The Double Life of Pioneer Codebreaker Exposed on PBS
“If we missed her, who else are we missing.” She had big dreams. But as a young Midwestern woman growing up during the last decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th, she needed more than … Continue reading
Remembering D-Day, Band of Brothers, The War, and The Cold Blue
Today, June 6, 2019, is the 75th anniversary of D-Day. “It plays like the stuff of military myth or legend, but it’s remarkably true: A disparate group of American recruits transformed into an elite rifle company, parachuted into France on … Continue reading
Posted in Cable, Film, TV
Tagged Band of Brothers, Catherine Wyler, D-Day, Easy Company, Eighth Air Force, Erik Nelson, HBO, Ken Burns, The Cold Blue, The Memphis Belle, The War, U.S. Military, William Wyler, World War II
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