Ken Burns World War II Documentary Controversy

Ken Burns' documentary The War has raised the ire of some Hispanics, most notably Representative Joe Baca, a California Democrat and chairman of the Hispanic Caucus. He says the film slights Hispanic participation in WWII. Burns is now working with Latino filmmaker Hector Galan on supplemental material that will follow the broadcast of the documentary on PBS. Meanwhile, PBS is objecting to congressional meddling in the project and is defending Burns' freedom and control of the project. Burns, the films producers, and PBS declined to participate in our discussion, saying they want to wait until after the supplemental material is completed. But Ken Burns himself said he won't re-edit his film, which is something Joe Baca requested. Larry talks with a representative of the International Documentary Association and others about this new documentary and the controversy it's generating.

Ken Burns' documentary The War has raised the ire of some Hispanics, most notably Representative Joe Baca, a California Democrat and chairman of the Hispanic Caucus. He says the film slights Hispanic participation in WWII. Burns is now working with Latino filmmaker Hector Galan on supplemental material that will follow the broadcast of the documentary on PBS. Meanwhile, PBS is objecting to congressional meddling in the project and is defending Burns' freedom and control of the project. Burns, the films producers, and PBS declined to participate in our discussion, saying they want to wait until after the supplemental material is completed. But Ken Burns himself said he won't re-edit his film, which is something Joe Baca requested. Larry talks with a representative of the International Documentary Association and others about this new documentary and the controversy it's generating.