Ken Burns Documentary to start this weekend

Ken Burns' documentary "The War" is set to be broadcast starting this Sunday (9/23) and run throughOctober 2nd. At 14 hours, this documentary is shorter that than his earlier "Jazz" or "Baseball". Even so, the focus is distinctly limited to American involvement, focusing on the residents of four towns, Luverne, Minnesota; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; and Sacramento, California.

Having grown up just outside of Waterbury, I'm interested to see how this local focus will work in the larger framework. Burns is a talented artist, but it is not as if we haven't all seen our share of WWII documentaries. Early reviews are positive, but the film has also already had one controversy over the lack of Latino and Native American representation.

The real question for me is 'will my TiVo have enough memory space?"