Watch: Anyone who has studied colonial America with me will immediately recognize the irresponsible version of Whig history present in this video. This looks like a piece of conservative activist propaganda trying to pass for American history. By the way,...
documentaries
“Postcards from Babylon”
During the pandemic I participated in this movie. It is now available, at least for the moment, for free. It is worth your time:...
Facing Nolan
This documentary is a must see for any baseball fan:...
Benjamin Franklin is the subject of Ken Burns’s next documentary
Here is Mackenzie Farkus of Boston Public Radio: Perhaps what most attracted Burns to document Franklin’s life wasn’t his status as one of America’s Founding Fathers, but rather how Franklin’s life relates to today’s world. “We don’t work on our...
WBCN (Boston) and “The American Revolution”
Coming to a PBS station near you:...
Live-tweeting PBS’s Billy Graham documentary
As a historian of American evangelicalism, I thoroughly enjoyed last night’s PBS documentary “Billy Graham: Prayer. Politics. Power.” As as an evangelical Christian, I also enjoyed it. Billy Graham’s message–the Good News–changed my life. I will always have a deep...
“CARTERLAND”
Earlier this year I wrote a short post about the CNN documentary “Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President.” Here is a taste of that post: This is a great documentary, but I wish Wharton would have said more about how...