Ken Burns Sees the Light Concerning Brave Hispanic Vets


	Ken Burns Sees the Light Concerning Brave Hispanic Vets

zasel

5-12-2007 4:32 AM

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zasel says:

Documentary film maker, Ken Burns, has finally settled his differences with the Hispanic community concerning his exclusion of them in his documentary about World War II. I don't know why it took Burns so long to finally acquiesce. I have never known of him to be unreasonable of bigoted concerning these kinds of issues. It appears all sides are very happy about what promises to be a remarkable new Burns film.

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