Kansas City PBS Community Impact Report - Report - Page 4
HISTORY/CULTURE
Top row, from left:
FAMOUS FIGURES
Ken Burns
Ken Burns’ Muhammad Ali
Ken Burns’ Benjamin Franklin
Citizen Hearst
2nd row, from left,
top to bottom:
UNTOLD STORIES
Producer Catherine Hoffman
Preserving Our Past
Womontown
American Veteran
Heart of the City
AMERI’KANA
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Kansas City PBS creates content that investigates the people and stories
that shaped our region and introduces audiences to unexplored history,
unexamined heroes and unmarked cultural touchstones.
This year, the stories of famous figures throughout history came alive
on television, including Ken Burns’ Muhammad Ali, telling the story of
one of the most indelible figures of the 20th century, and Ken Burns’
Benjamin Franklin, which explored the revolutionary life of one of
the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities.
American Experience also took a deep dive into the life of William
Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for
Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, in Citizen Hearst.
Locally, Kansas City PBS doubled down on bringing audiences moving,
formerly untold stories of the places we call home, including Preserving
Our Past, Womontown, Heart of the City, AMERI’KANA and, nationally,
American Veteran.