The Statue Of Liberty (1985 Documentary)

The Statue Of Liberty (1985 Documentary)

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March 18, 2026 · 54 min · Season 24 · Episode 5

About this episode

This episode discusses Ken Burns' documentary 'The Statue of Liberty' and its significance in film history.

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1985 features our documentary pick, Ken Burns’ The Statue of Liberty . Directed by Ken Burns and narrated by historian David McCullough, The Statue of Liberty was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The contemporary review quoted in this episode comes from John Corry in The New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/28/arts/the-statue-of-liberty-mixes-old-with-new.html ). Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear You can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ , on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ , on Bluesky at signalbleed.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ If you’re a Letterboxd user and you watch any of the movies we talk about on the show, tag your review “Awesome Movie Year” to share your…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Harris, Josh Bell

Topics covered

  • documentary
  • 1985 films
  • Ken Burns
  • Statue of Liberty
  • film history

Keywords

  • Ken Burns
  • Statue of Liberty
  • documentary
  • 1985
  • Academy Award

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times

Books & works: The Statue of Liberty

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