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  2. New York: A Documentary Film - Wikipedia

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    New York: A Documentary Film is an eight-part, 17½ hour, American documentary film on the history of New York City. It was directed by Ric Burns and originally aired in the U.S. on PBS. The film was a production of Steeplechase Films in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET, and The New-York Historical Society.

  3. Ric Burns - Wikipedia

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    Ric Burns (Eric Burns, born 1955) [1] is an American documentary filmmaker and writer.He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series The Civil War (1990), which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward.

  4. Steeplechase Films - Wikipedia

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    Ric and his company are best known for the eight-part, seventeen-and-a-half-hour series, New York: A Documentary Film, which premiered nationally on PBS to wide public and critical acclaim when broadcast in three installments in November 1999, September 2001, and September 2003.

  5. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - Wikipedia

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    Episode 4 of Ric Burns' 1999 PBS series New York: A Documentary Film, "The Power and the People (1898–1918)", extensively covered the fire. The Living Century: Three Miracles (2001) premiered on PBS, focusing on the life of 107-year-old Rose Freedman (died 2001), who became the last living survivor of the fire. [73]

  6. Coney Island (1991 film) - Wikipedia

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    Coney Island is a 1991 documentary film that traces the history of Coney Island, the westernmost part of the barrier islands of Long Island, New York.The film covers the island's 1609 discovery by Henry Hudson, its 1870s incarnation as a respectable beach destination for city-dwellers and a showcase of the new developments ushered in by the machine age, the early 20th century, when amusement ...

  7. Review: Ken Burns' absorbing new Leonardo da Vinci doc ... - AOL

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    Burnsdocumentary doesn’t examine this particular shawl detail, although many other bits in different pictures are scrutinized. In fact, those are among the program’s most absorbing moments.

  8. Documentary 'Look Into My Eyes' Profiles New York Psychics - AOL

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    Look Into My Eyes, a documentary film out in theaters Sept. 6, follows seven psychics in New York City, taking the audience behind the scenes as they conduct readings for clients.

  9. Every Ken Burns Documentary, Ranked - AOL

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    That chilling story is how Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein chose to begin their new docuseries, The U.S. and the Holocaust. It is Burns’ boldest and most forthright project to date.