The West
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9/15/1996Runtime
9 eps, 720 minsGenres
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The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.
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A sweeping historical reckoning with the mythology and reality of the American frontier, told through archival photographs, primary sources, and reflective narration. Ives and Burns construct a complex portrait that honors the era's epic scale while refusing to ignore its violence and exploitation.
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