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Filmmaker Ken Burns Dubs South Carolina "the Most Radical State" in Recent Interview as ETV's South Carolina Channel Presents "The Civil War"
Epic Documentary Airs in 12-Hour Marathon on April 9
For Immediate Release
March 26, 2006
Columbia, SC...ETV’s South Carolina Channel is bringing the acclaimed PBS documentary The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns to its viewers on Sunday, April 9, 2006. The nine episode series will air in its entirety beginning at 11:00 a.m.
According to filmmaker Ken Burns, South Carolinians will enjoy the documentary due to the significant impact the state had on the Civil War.
“South Carolina was the most radical of the Southern states, and they felt it was their duty to throw off the tyrant of the North,” said Burns. Burns noted the specific prominence of Charleston Harbor in the beginning of the war, and the fall of Columbia during General Sherman’s “march to the sea” as the most prominent South Carolina contributions to the War and his film.
When The Civil War first aired in 1990, it quickly became must-watch television and the highest-rated series in PBS history, dramatically introducing viewers to a watershed conflict that ripped the country apart but ultimately helped forge a stronger nation.
The five-part film went on to win more than 40 major awards, including a Peabody, two Emmy Awards and the Peoples Choice Award.
ETV's South Carolina Channel is a digital broadcast service of ETV. Viewers can access ETV's South Carolina Channel over the air with a digital television set or digital tuner, as well as through the digital tiers of their local cable company. Please call 803-773-5546 or log onto www.scchannel.org to find out how to see exclusive programming for, by and about the Palmetto State
For more informationon this broadcast or ETV's South Carolina Channel, please contact Sarah Justice at 803-773-5546 ext. 113, or sjustice@scetv.org.
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