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LIVE AUCTION<br />
Behind the Scenes <strong>with</strong> Filmmaker Ken Burns<br />
Join Ken Burns - and the writers and pro<strong>du</strong>cers who work <strong>with</strong> him - at<br />
his studio in Walpole, New Hampshire, and experience the process that<br />
goes into telling America’s stories.<br />
Ken Burns has been making documentary films for almost forty years.<br />
Since the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Ken has<br />
gone on to direct and pro<strong>du</strong>ce some of the most acclaimed historical<br />
documentaries ever made, including The Civil War; Baseball; Jazz; The<br />
Statue of Liberty; Huey Long; Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of<br />
Discovery; Frank Lloyd Wright; Mark Twain; Unforgivable Blackness: The<br />
Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson; The War; The National Parks: America’s<br />
Best Idea; The Roosevelts: An Intimate History; Jackie Robinson; and,<br />
most recently, Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War. His films have been<br />
honored <strong>with</strong> dozens of major awards, including fifteen Emmy Awards,<br />
two Grammy Awards and two Oscar nominations; and in September of<br />
2008, at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Ken was honored by<br />
the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences <strong>with</strong> a Lifetime Achievement<br />
Award.<br />
Future projects include films on the Vietnam War, the history of country<br />
music, and Ernest Hemingway, among others.<br />
This package includes:<br />
• An invitation for two on Tuesday, April 25th, to a screening of<br />
The Vietnam War in the Naomi Bruton Theater at the Kay Bailey<br />
Hutchison Convention Center and attendance at a VIP Reception<br />
preceding the screening;<br />
• Travel for two by private jet to Walpole, N.H., to visit Ken’s<br />
Florentine Films studio on a date mutually agreed to by<br />
the winner & Ken;<br />
• Spend a half day at Florentine Films <strong>with</strong> Ken sitting in on a<br />
screening and editing session, and enjoy a private lunch<br />
or dinner <strong>with</strong> Ken;<br />
• The complete Ken Burns Filmography (DVD) valued at $1,574;<br />
• Hotel room for one night;<br />
• All meals;<br />
• Personally escorted by Kelly and David Pfeil or another Board<br />
member from The Better Angels Society.<br />
Restrictions: No deadline to fulfill. Auction item not for resale.<br />
Donated By: The Better Angels Society, Ken Burns and Kelly & David Pfeil<br />
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