Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Media

Period of Performance

8/1/1986 - 12/31/1990

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$1,649,100.00 (approved)
$1,349,100.00 (awarded)


The Civil War

FAIN: GN-22769-86

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (Arlington, VA 22206-3440)
Ken Burns (Project Director: January 1989 to June 1991)

Funding details:
Original grant (1986) $700,000.00
Supplement (1988) $350,000.00
Supplement (1989) $299,100.00

To support the expansion of the five-hour CIVIL WAR series to nine or ten hours.





Associated Products

The Civil War (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: The Civil War
Writer: Ken Burns
Abstract: 2 Emmy Awards and 1 Peabody Award
Year: 1984

Prizes

2 Emmy Awards
Date: 1/1/1986
Organization: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

2 Grammy Awards
Date: 1/1/1986
Organization: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Peabody Award
Date: 1/1/1986
Organization: University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication