Event Descriptions
Documenting History
11:30 a.m., Boston Public Library Rabb Lecture Hall
Documentarians work to answer the question, “Who are we?” Ken Burns, lauded as “the country's most famous documentarian” by the Los Angeles Times, shows clips and talks about his latest film and book, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Journalist Scout Tufankjian tells how she reluctantly drove to New Hampshire in 2006 to cover a long-shot candidate named Obama. She stayed and became the only independent photojournalist to cover the entire campaign, chronicled in her book Yes We Can.Hosted by Jared Bowen, Emmy award-winning reporter from WGBH’s Greater Boston.
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