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ERIC Number: EJ505741
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8723
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The Movie Maker as Historian: Conversations with Ken Burns.
Thelen, David
Journal of American History, v81 n3 p1031-50 Dec 1994
Reports on two interviews between a historian and Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker. Discusses the role and interrelationship of academic historians in the making of documentary historical films. Argues that academic historians have lost touch with the public and this role has fallen to amateur historians. (CFR)
Descriptors: Film Production, Film Production, Films, Films, Historians, Historical Interpretation, Mass Media, Mass Media, Social Science Research, United States History, United States History
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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