Ric Burns

Ric Burns appears in the following:

The Brian Lehrer NYC History Quiz

Friday, March 04, 2022

Test your knowledge of New York City's history with Ric Burns and James Sanders.

The Life of Oliver Sacks

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Director Ric Burns joins us to discuss his upcoming documentary, “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life,” out September 23rd

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Icons & Innovators: Ric Burns

Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Wed, May 2 | Hear about Ric Burns' upcoming film 'The Chinese Exclusion Act,' and how the little-known 1882 law has influenced our current immigration debate.

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“Death and the Civil War”

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Ric Burns discusses his documentary “Death and the Civil War,” based on the book by Drew Faust, talks about how the nation was transformed by the death toll of the Civil War, an estimated 750,000 people were killed—nearly two and a half percent of the population—from 1861 to 1865. “Death and the Civil War,” will premiere on American Experience on Tuesday, September 18, at 8:00 pm on PBS, in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, which is to this day, the single bloodiest day in American history.

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America, Whaling & the World

Monday, May 10, 2010

Filmmaker Ric Burns tells the story of three centuries of American whaling. His documentary "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World" reveals how whaling helped fuel the expansion of the American economy, pushed tiny backwater ports like Nantucket and New Bedford to the center of the whaling ...

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