Mark this on your calÂenÂdar. Ken Burns, who has proÂduced some of AmerÂiÂca’s most acclaimed hisÂtorÂiÂcal docÂuÂmenÂtaries, will air his latÂest film startÂing SunÂday night on PBS. The War is a sevÂen-part, 15-hour docÂuÂmenÂtary that “tells the stoÂry of the SecÂond World War through the perÂsonÂal accounts of a handÂful of men and women from four quinÂtesÂsenÂtialÂly AmerÂiÂcan towns. The series explores the most intiÂmate human dimenÂsions of the greatÂest catÂaÂclysm in hisÂtoÂry — a worldÂwide catÂaÂstroÂphe that touched the lives of every famÂiÂly on every street in every town in AmerÂiÂca — and demonÂstrates that in extraÂorÂdiÂnary times, there are no ordiÂnary lives.”
You can get more inforÂmaÂtion on the docÂuÂmenÂtary from the PBS web site and this accomÂpaÂnyÂing “ViewÂer’s Guide (PDF).” You may also want to watch this series of video outÂtakes from the film, plus (see below) the trailÂer that preÂviews Burn’s ambiÂtious project.
