LOS ANGELES - Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns recently compared current issues to "three great crises" of the past in America: the Civil War, the Great Depression and World War II.Burns, an award-winning documentarian known for examinations of chapters in American history like "The Civil War" and "The Vietnam War" films, appeared on the Sept.
20 episode of the "SmartLess" podcast hosted by actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes.Arnett, who noted Burns’ record in "making films about the American experience," asked him how he feels about the situation today amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, a surge of mistrust and misinformation online, political division, a climate change crisis and more."Do you have a cynical view now of.