Writer Geoffrey C. Ward (L) and filmmaker Ken Burns (Getty)
Brooklyn native Ken Burns is returning to his home borough for an appearance at Brooklyn Heights Historical Society on March 10th. The 61-year-old director and producer will be on hand for an intimate cocktail reception prior to a Q&A discussion with New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy. He's currently at work on a film about the life of Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson.
Burns has created many of your favorite documentaries, including the recent 14-hour journey into the lives of the Roosevelts, and in 1994, an 18½ hour look at baseball. You can watch the latter—along with The Civil War, The War, The West, The National Parks, Jazz, Prohibition, The Dust Bowl, and The Address—on Netflix. That would all take about 97 hours to watch. Most of those are on Amazon Prime, where you can also find his 2013 documentary on the Central Park Five.
Tickets are a pricey $100, but will include beer, wine, and appetizers... and perhaps a soft, repetitive violin melody.
