Rent Ken Burns' America (1997)

Ken Burns, multiple award winning creator of The American Civil War, The West and Jazz, has been described as 'quite simply the finest documentary filmmaker working today', while historian Stephen Ambrose has stated that 'More Americans get their history from Ken Burns than any other source'. Intelligent, literate and enthralling, this superb DVD collection of his documentary works brilliantly captures individually fascinating stories from American history and tradition.