Lunch with Ken Burns

Bidding Supports: The Grammar School (Putney, VT)

Item Number
123
Value:
Priceless
Online Close:
2018-12-19 23:00:00.0  –  Bid Extension
Bid History:
28 Bids

Description

Win the chance for you and a friend to have lunch with renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns at The Restaurant at Burdick?s in Walpole, New Hampshire, one of the finest dining establishments in the area.

Ken?s been making documentary films for over forty years.  Since the acclaimed Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, he?s gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including The Civil War; Baseball; Jazz; The Statue of Liberty; Huey Long; Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery; Frank Lloyd Wright; Mark Twain; Unforgivable Blackness:  The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson; The War; The National Parks:  America?s Best Idea; The Roosevelts:  An Intimate History; Jackie Robinson; Defying the Nazis:  The Sharps? War; The Vietnam War, and, most recently, The Mayo Clinic:  Faith - Hope - Science.

Whether you?re interested in filmmaking yourself?or just someone who enjoys Ken?s films?this is an extraordinary opportunity to spend time one-on-one with ?America?s storyteller.?

This item has an open-ended expiration and is non-transferable. A mutually agreed-upon date will be determined based on Ken?s and the winner?s availability.

Item Special Note

Learn more about Ken Burns: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122741/ or  at http://kenburns.com/

And check out the Restaurant at Burdicks at: http://www.47mainwalpole.com/