"Director: Ken Burns"

• The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick - The Complete 18hrs 10 DVD Boxset | DVD | (30/10/2017) from £27.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jazz: A Film By Ken Burns | DVD | (22/04/2013) from £29.97   |  Saving you £19.02 (63.46%)   |  RRP £48.99

  Filmmaker and Emmy Award-winner Ken Burns presents JAZZ, the history of America's greatest original art form. More than music history, JAZZ raises questions central to twentieth century life. Over twelve hours, the history of jazz is told chronologically through the biographies of the men and women who created it, including legends Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington as well as many other pioneering artists. Like THE CIVIL WAR and PROHIBITION, JAZZ combines rare a...

• Prohibition | DVD | (29/10/2012) from £19.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (25.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This remarkable five-part series, directed by the legendary documentary maker Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of Prohibition's rise and fall. It is a compelling saga that goes far beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum runners, flappers and speakeasies, to reveal a complicated and divided nation in the throes of momentous transformation. The film raises vital questions that are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago – about means and ends, individual rights and responsibilities, the proper role of government and finally, who is - and who is not - a real American.

• The War - A Ken Burns Film | DVD | (15/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  In extraordinary times there are no ordinary lives. The War directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective by following the fortunes of the so called ordinary men and women who became caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history. This epic 14-hour series focuses on the stories of citizens from four geographically distributed American towns: Waterbury Connecticut; Mobile Alabama; Sacramento California; and the tiny farming town of Luverne Minnesota. These four communities stand in for any town in the United States that went through the war's devastating years. Individuals from each community take the viewer through their own personal and often harrowing journeys into war painting vivid portraits of how the war dramatically altered their lives and those of their neighbours as well as the country they helped to save for generations to come.

• The American Civil War - a film by Ken Burns | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  It divided a country. It created a nation.

• Ken Burns - The Roosevelts | DVD | (15/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY chronicles the lives of Theodore Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962. The series encompasses the history the Roosevelts helped to shape: the creation of National Parks the digging of the Panama Canal the passage of innovative New Deal programs the defeat of Hitler and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights abroad. It is also an intimate human story about love betrayal family loyalty personal courage and the conquest of fear. Features: A definitive look at one of the great families in American history. An all-star cast includes Paul Giamatti as Theodore Roosevelt Edward Herrmann as Franklin Roosevelt and Meryl Streep as Eleanor Roosevelt. Release timed to coincide with the UK television premiere on PBS America (Sky 534 & Virgin Media 243). Packed with bonus material.

• Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  The Complete 12 and a half hour series on 4 DVDs Jazz is an extraordinary amazing tour de force. This is what classic brilliant television looks like... The Sunday Times Over twelve and a half hours long Jazz is the critically acclaimed definitive history of Jazz music from its roots in the 19th century up to today. Produced by Ken Burns - one of America's most celebrated and respected documentary film-makers - this BBC co-production cost in excess of 000 000 and took over six years to make. Jazz features literally hundreds of rare and classic recordings and live performances from a century of Jazz music supported by exclusive interviews and rare or never before seen film clips and still photographs.

• Ken Burns - The Dust Bowl | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In this astounding two-part film, universally acclaimed documentary maker Ken Burns recalls one of the darkest periods in American history in his own inimitable style. The Dust Bowl tells the story of what happened when a frenzied wheat boom on America's southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. It was a time when menacing black blizzards killed farmers' crops and livestock, threatened the lives of their children and forced thousands of desperate families to pick up and move somewhere else in a desperate plea to survive. Over four compelling hours, vivid interviews with more than two dozen survivors of those hard times, combined with dramatic photographs and seldom seen movie footage, bring to life stories of incredible human suffering and equally inconceivable human perseverance. As well as providing a detailed historical account of the period, The Dust Bowl is also a morality tale about our relationship with the land that sustains us - a lesson we ignore at our peril.

• The American Civil War | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The most successful public-television miniseries in American history, the 11-hour American Civil War defined what has since become known as the "Ken Burns approach"--voice-over narrators reading letters and documents dramatically and stating the writer's name at their conclusion, fresh live footage of places juxtaposed with still images (photographs, paintings, maps, prints), anecdotal interviews, and romantic musical scores taken from the era he depicts. The American Civil War uses all of these devices to evoke atmosphere and resurrect an event that many knew only from stale history books. While Burns is a historian, a researcher, and a documentarian, he's above all a gifted storyteller, and it's his narrative powers that give this chronicle its beauty, overwhelming emotion, and devastating horror. Using the words of old letters, eloquently read by a variety of celebrities, the stories of historians like Shelby Foote and rare, stained photos, Burns allows us not only to learn and understand history, but also to feel and experience it. --Dave McCoy

• Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  The BBC, sceptical about the British appetite for extended documentary programmes, edited Ken Burns' epic 17-hour history Jazz back to around 12 hours. That's what's presented in this box set of the series, and while the flow of the original is preserved, so are its idiosyncrasies. The film dwells at length on early jazz, particularly on its origins in New Orleans, and there's a good deal of absorbing history here. On the other hand, in suggesting that the important work of jazz was done by 1975, Burns gives us cause to question how much of his earlier research is awry too. There isn't much here to reflect the brimming vitality of post-1960s jazz, and many listeners and musicians have been enraged by Burns' neglect of such pivotal figures as Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker--all players whose work responds vigorously to the question that Burns thinks nobody can answer: "Where are the modern equivalents of Armstrong, Ellington, Parker and Coltrane?" Armstrong and Ellington are the touchstones of Burns' film, providing the narrative thread around which the stories of other major figures turn, among them Bechet, Basie, Goodman, Parker, Miles Davis and Coltrane. Burns also finds populist mileage in the politicisation of jazz, making dramatic capital out of racial divides that most jazz players, black and white, have ignored. The fact is that almost all jazz players, regardless of race, have felt like outsiders. Despite such distractions, Jazz is the longest jazz documentary yet produced, and it's rich in musical examples and classic, rare and unseen footage. Even when working with simple stills, Burns uses seductive camera work and Keith David's epigrammatic narration to maximum effect. There's plenty to enjoy here, but viewers should be aware, as Joshua Redman points out in Musicians' Views in our Ken Burns' Jazz shop, that Burns' film is an often compelling perspective on jazz, not a definitive study. --Mark Gilbert

• Ken Burns' America | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of documentaries by film-maker Ken Burns that cover the history of the United States of America. Includes: Thomas Jefferson (1997) The Congress (1988) The Statue of Liberty (1985) Brooklyn Bridge (1981) Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Huey Long (1985) and The Shakers: Hands to Work Hearts to God (1984).

• Baseball - 1846 To 1920 | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £31.99

  This is the first in a collection of 3 DVD volumes that captures more than 150 years of American history as seen from the bleachers of ballparks and the rough surfaces of sandlots across the country and across time. First Innings Discover the true origins of baseball the start of the Major League Baseball with the formation of the National League and meet the games first stars Cy Young Cap Anson and King Kelly. Second Innings The formation of the American League

• Ken Burns - The War | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Ken Burns: The War (4 Discs)

• Baseball - 1950 To 2000 | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £31.99

  This is the third in a collection of 3 DVD volumes that captures more than 150 years of American history as seen from the bleachers of ballparks and the rough surfaces of sandlots across the country and across time. Seventh Inning The decade when New York was the baseball capital of the world before the dollars of San Francisco and Los Angeles started talking. Eigth Inning A decade of turbulent change both on and off the field as the New York Mets go from last to f

• Baseball - 1920 To 1950 | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £31.99

  This is the second in a collection of 3 DVD volumes that captures more than 150 years of American history as seen from the bleachers of ballparks and the rough surfaces of sandlots across the country and across time. Fourth Innings Discover how Babe ruth restores public faith following the Chicago White Sox scandal and the start of the New York Yankee's Legend. Fifth Innings The national pastime was not immune to America's racial prejudices as a shadow league is formed in which Saitchel Page stars. It was also the decade of the first radio broadcast and night games. Sixth Innings At long last MLB realises that they can no longer exclude so many Americans and a tremendous athlete named Jackie Robinson becomes one of the sport's and America's greatest heroes.

• Baseball - 1846 To 2000 | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £74.99

  This is a 3 DVD collection that captures more than 150 years of American history as seen from the bleachers of ballparks and the rough surfaces of sandlots across the country and across time. During the course of nine fascinating innings discover the true origins of baseball. Throughout it's history baseball has been a game of unexpected moments and inspired heroes and The History of Baseball features some of the all-time greats.

• The Manor | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Murder adultery lies and lust. All in a day's work A deliciously dark comedy with echoes of Akira Kurosawa's seminal work Rashomon. A wickedly funny and intelligent comedy of manners where lies & deception rule. In this stylish witty mystery/thriller an investigator searches for the truth of two dead men in an old manor run by an overbearing woman and finds out quickly that he's caught in a web of lies & deceit. Everyone is a suspect everyone has a motive and the mystery unfolds with comical twists and turns until the unpredictable ending.

• Baseball: The Tenth Inning - A Film By Ken Burns | Blu Ray | (02/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.16

  The Tenth Inning A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Top of the Tenth (1992 - 1999)-In an age of globalization and deregulation a cataclysmic strike over money and power brings baseball to the brink; dazzlingly talented Latin players transform the sport; Cal Ripken becomes baseball's new Iron Man; and Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry Bonds are simply dazzling. The Braves dominate the National League while the Yankees build a new dynasty. As home run totals soar sluggers Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.