[at-l] Re: PBS was THE ATC & Membership therein - a bit longish

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 02:17 PM 6/5/2005 -0500, Felix wrote:
>Jim Bullard writed:
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>>Here's an idea. My wife just bought the DVDs of Ken Burns "Civil War" 
>>mini-series. He does great work on documentaries (thanks in large part to 
>>support through PBS). How about if ATC and ALDHA approached Ken Burns to 
>>do a mini-series on the AT? I'll bet he could make at least 3-4 one hour 
>>segments.
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>I think that's a great idea...though, I think he could do 4 hours on Maine 
>alone.

Well, I'm in the process of composing a letter to him. The 3-4 hour 
estimate was admittedly conservative. The Civil War series ran 11 hours I 
think. It would have to be a balance between details and boredom (for the 
average American, not the average AT junky) so that it would fly on a 
national broadcast. I really believe if anyone is going to tell the AT 
story on film, Burns is the guy to do it.